It has been a few days now since we have started learning about greywater and its impact on the environment.  As part of this week’s challenge, I have turned off the water to my toilet and have been filling it with the greywater from my bath/shower using a bucket.  Having done this for the past few days has shown me the light on just how messed up our bathrooms, as a society, are.  Why don’t bathrooms have a direct line from the tub/shower to the toilet?

In my bathroom, the toilet tank is literally 4 feet from the bathtub drain.  So, instead of moving water extremely long distances (sometimes hundreds of miles) to just go down the toilet, why can’t it make the 4 ft journey from my drain to the toilet tank?  The current system is not only environmentally unfriendly, but also a burden on the water bill and plain old wasteful.  If I am flying from LA to NY, there is no reason to go the long way, is there?

I just don’t think it needs to be that difficult.  Where are the products that are under $1000 dollars to do this?  Where is the tube that goes straight from the tub to the pooper?  Maybe you, my readers, can fill me in on this ‘technology’ that I am missing out on.

This product could be out there and I just have not seen it yet, but it should be made available all over the place.  Possibly, I am over simplifying this… but am I?  It seems much simpler to have a device move 19 gallons of water (average toilet water used by a family) over just a few feet than hundreds of miles and through numerous chemical processes.

My rant is over and please let me know if you know of such a device.  Well, I know of such a device and it is called “a bucket” and it works on “me” power.  Let me know your story or advice in the comment area below.