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Unfortunatly cloths washing is very water and energy consuming Even very small load portable/camping washing machines need around 20-30kg of water and 46watt hours of energy peaking at 250-300watts.

So 140-210kg of water a week unless you recycle the water.

In some armed forces in the past recruits were taught how to use their wooly socks as a flannel to wash their bodies with when having a "Navy shower" and also tread wash their underwear in the water that ends up in the container they stand in, whilst I would not suggest anyone go to those extreams it does show how water can be recycled with a little thought.

A rocket stove running on twigs can heat a litre or two of water in just eight or twelve minutes put that in hot water bottles in bed will keep you warm all night even if the inside temprature is below the freezing point of water.

Oh the reason I give measurments by weight rather than by volume especially for water is "Storage" two tons of water and nearly half a ton of canned food is quite a weight, that you can not just "Put in the spare room" you need carefull thought about not just reinforcing floors for structural strength but how you access things thus the weight of shelving and stacking boxes etc, then there is light, temprature, humidity and most importantly pest control.

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