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  I harvest rain water and use it for flushing the lavatory and watering the garden. But I wouldn't use it for dishwashing or clothes washing, since the roof surfaces from which it drains are used by wild birds (those aviating zoological gardens) as roosting and crapping places, and to treat the water to ensure its freedom from parasites would need more technical and engineerng ability than I possess.

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  My understanding is that modern dishwashers actually use less energy than washing by hand (unless, that is, you are washing dirty dishes in cold water which is impractical if you live in a hard water area). It's hard to strike a balance between energy and chemical use and potential food poisoning, isn't it?

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