Taking showers everyday is very American and unnecessary

[Hekate]

299. You ever live in the tropics? I remember it well. Sticky, sticky, sticky skin.

Kindly don't tell the rest of us how to carry out our personal hygiene. I've only ever known one person whose skin couldn't take cleansing with water -- a child with terrible eczema.

Those of us who live in drought-prone areas get enough advice on how to save water, and we follow it. It starts with low-flow faucets, low-flow shower heads, and low-flow toilets. It continues with xeriscaping our yards with drought-tolerant (yet attractive) landscaping. We are advised to operate the dishwasher and clothes washer only when full.

The above is what most of us do all the time. (When the reservoir gets really low, we flush the toilet infrequently and water the garden with grey-water.)

Back to showers: a low-flow shower head maintains a comfortable pressure in the stream of water so there's no feeling of deprivation. You save many, many gallons that way. I recommend you start with that, then get going on the rest of your plumbing and water usage.