So I generally camp with a 5 gallon square water jug on my camp table that has one of the turn style spouts to get water out. Well this weekend I went with a larger group of guys including a bunch of kids and I found that it was hard to get the idea across that you don't have to open up the spout all the way when washing hands or rinsing anything. In short we used about 5 gallons of water in 1 day, 2 meals just washing up a few cooking utensils and hands. There was bottled water to drink and we ate off paper so dishes were a minimum.

What do you guys do to slow the flow of water? Any ideas for a water station that would get the water jug off the table and catch some of the water being used.

I made a hand washing station when I was in boy scouts. I hung a gallon milk jug from a tripod (could also be hung from a limb) at about normal sink height. The jug had a small hole in the bottom with a golf tee for a stopper. This provides just enough water to wash up. It also had a bar of soap with a rope run through it hanging from the handle of the milk jug.

Not to cause any arguement, but I think kids have reached a point (thanks to parental paranoia) where they think they have to wash everytime they touch something (I've seen parents had their kids a sanitary wipe everytime they touch something others may have touched). First, teach them to wash only after using the facilities and before eating.

Teach today's kids the joy of getting dirty, heck, it darned near looked like a mud puddle when my mom bathed me as a kid.

And lastly, let the kid go thirsty a time or two after wasting water, they'll learn. I know I'm a terrible parent, but both my boys are alive and well (even after several tours in the desert each). Seems there just wasn't enough water around for thrice daily showers once the SHTF.

Even after boot camp and infantry training more than a few were unhappy about having to go dirty. "And for pete's sake is that really someone else's blood on me?" Life isn't a clean and neat event (think about how messy being born is) I say embrace the mess and get on with it.

Slick.

That IS very impressive Muddydogs , . . .however for me you're working to hard . Any wasteful H2O offenders are to be promptly disciplined . ( Children are to be shown how ,
and taught through the experience of helping to replace fresh water . Good values are taught and learned through repeated exposure ) . Where I live there are clean lakes , rivers ,
and streams that although I wouldn't drink , will be used for washing , and stock . If we're lucky enough to have iced coolers , the dogs get to drink the tea . ( My pitbull was
very picky , and no matter how clean the lake , if motors were used on it she would not drink . )

I will have to check the cases for a name but they came from Sportsmans Warehouse. No the inserts are surplus bags I found at a surplus store that I rivited to the lid. The legs are colman high stove stands. One box contains cooking essentials, silverware, plates, pots,pans, cups. The red bags contain ziplocks, garbage bags, hot pads, paper plates ect. The second box is mics camp equipment like hatchet, batterys, dutch oven equipment, kitchen faucet, folding sink, rope, zipties, gloves, tent lights, toilet paper, extra paper towels and a bunch of other stuff. I have enough plates and silverware for 5 people plus paper plates, with my set up the only limiting factor for the length of stay would be food. When I took the pics I was supporting 6 guys on a 7 day big game hunt with 3 days of serious rain.