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I'm reminded of Hong Kong, which has dual plumbing - fresh water for drinking, cooking and washing, and salt water for the toilet. I understand most of Hong Ko
by zhte415 12y ago
I'm reminded of Hong Kong, which has dual plumbing - fresh water for drinking, cooking and washing, and salt water for the toilet. I understand most of Hong Kong's fresh water is piped from the mainland (and has been done for decades).
- toomuchtodo 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Hong_Kong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_...
- mdaniel 12y agoAside from it stinging if it gets in your eyes, is there a reason why one couldn't use saline water for showers? Either way, I would suspect the dual plumbing required to pull off a setup like that would be horrifically expensive.
- ars 12y ago> there a reason why one couldn't use saline water for showers? Yes. Water sent to a municipal sewer is usually recycled by sending it downriver to the next city. If you used salt water you couldn't do that. Even the last city on the river before the ocean can recycle their sewer water for farming (although I'm not sure they do). And with a septic system salt water would severely harm the septic system, and the land around it. For the most part it's really hard for a regular home user with a sewer system to waste water. Water is "used up" mainly for watering plants (either residential or farming). Or if you have a septic system.