Amiram Cohen; 26/8/08
Grandma Rachel, may she rest in peace, once had a solar water boiler on the roof of her home. Before showering in the morning, she would place a bucket underneath the hot water faucet. While waiting for the hot water to emerge from the faucet, she would fill up the bucket with the cold-lukewarm water that was available for the time being. She would then use that water to rinse the toilet, wash the floor, clean the dishes that piled up in the sink, and water the plants on the porch. “Nobody is going to tell me how to conserve water,” she would angrily say when watching a television broadcast about the receding water levels of the Kinneret. If everyone would simply use the cold water that comes out before hot water began flowing from the faucets, the country would save a million of buckets worth every year. “I would completely forbid the use of Jacuzzis,” she said.
See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1014949.html
Tags: Environment, Galilee, Israel