My sink is one large wash basin. Do I have to get the soap off or is it ok to wipe and dry (no rinse)? Any suggestions?
You may want to get the soap off unless you want to poop alot. You may want to try filling your sink with warm water and a 1/2 cap full bleach. Wash your dishes with soap and rinse in sink water. A couple dips and should be good.
Rinsing is a necessity because you won't like the results (diarrhea). Get a roaster pan. Most grocery stores sell cheap aluminum ones especially this time of year. Put just an inch or two of water in the bottom and use it to rinse the dishes. This saves a lot of water over rinsing each piece individually with a spray.
I don't think is very hygienic to just wipe and dry because you might leave residues of soap on your dishes that later may come back to haunt you in the form of diarrhea. Try this and see if it works for you Scrub all of your dishes and put them on the other side of the sink, once your done give them a quick rinse and let them dry. I've found I'm using less water this way.
Why would you want to? Even if your whole area tried to conserve water it would make no difference where there is a drought. You may make a difference using less washing up liquid, rinsing dishes before food dries on, putting less detergents in the waste water. Even then you'd want the whole community doing it to make a difference. Even that most probably wouldn't be quantifiable on a county level, certainly not on a country wide basis. Where you would be most effective is campaigning against industrial pollution. Then if you won that on a local level, fighting for tighter controls, the real effect would be to export the problem to less regulated countries. It takes government willpower to make a real difference and if you think the US or China is going to change it's spots? This feel good greenery nonsense is delusional, the heart is in the right place but totally delusional on any rational assessment. Just think about it rather than emoting.
Soak your dishes in soapy water before you start to wash them so that the grease and food remains will come off more easily. That will prevent you from having to try to clean them by jetting water at them. Once they have been scrubbed, put them in a very large plastic bowl. Once they are all cleaned (but not yet rinsed), cover them with clear water, dump it and then give each dish a quick rinse to get the soap off. That should do it, unless you live in a place where the water is soft, having a very alkaline pH. Good luck!
