Toilet + Sink = Greywater Delight

I think the Starland Vocal Band said it best…”Sky rocket in flight…wheww…Greywater Delight…” or maybe I’m paraphrasing.  I finally got clearance from the tower.  I am the proud owner of a SinkPositive toilet-tank sink.  I bought it on eBay - it’s the only one I’ve seen on there before.  I guess I should be saying “we,” but we’ll see how much the wife uses it.  I wanted to put it in the half-bath on the first floor so all visitors could check it out…and subsequently think “wtf is that?”  Why it’s a sink on top of my toilet, of course.  It’s not pee water - so just wash your hands and enjoy my novelty.

As you can see from the pic, you replace the lid from your toilet with the sink.  It’s a quick attachment - you take the water hose and connect it to the spiggot and then the drain flows back into the tank.  You flush, the clean water flows, you wash your hands, brush  your teeth, get a drink, whatever.  Then the greywater goes into the tank and you flush with it.

I guess these have been readily available in other countries for years and years.  In the US, we couldn’t give a shit about conserving water as a whole.  It’s crazy how much water we just waste - greywater that could be repurposed for all kinds of things. If you use biodegradable soaps, you can even dump your laundry water right out into you flower garden - and the aphids will stay away from the soap.  Why do I need to flush my toilet with potable water?  People just don’t realize the finite amount of water - and it’s happening here - there is drought - severe drought - in many parts of the US.  Just look at DroughtMonitor.