BenefitsEnvironmental Benefit: ★★★★☆
You can save 1/3 of the water normally used to wash your dishes by selecting the "water-miser" setting. You also save the energy needed to heat that water.
Money Saved: ★★★☆☆
Using the water-miser setting not only saves water, but also the energy used during that first wash cycle that is skipped (up to 30% of the energy used to wash a load of dishes). And you use half as much soap.
Lifestyle Benefit: ★★☆☆☆
One little lifestyle benefit is that the dishwasher finishes washing faster! Also, you don't need to buy as much soap.
What We’re Doing
We always use the water-miser setting on the dishwasher. Also, unless a load of dishes is particularly greasy you only need about 1/4 the dishwasher soap they suggest to use. With the "water-miser" option selected, you don't fill the "prewash" cup with any soap, and the one with the flapper on it usually only needs 1/2 filled.
It's also a bit of a myth that using a dishwasher saves water over hand-washing. I was surprised when I first heard this, as I grew up as a kid handwashing our family dishes. We had one-half of the sink full of wash water, the other half with rinse water. Total water use was probably 5 gallons or so. We asked our Dad many times why we didn't get a dishwasher, and his answer was that we had six of them (kids).
Typical dishwasher use is around 12 gallons per load - more if you pre-rinse your dishes (not really necessary, since most modern dishwashers can handle the residue left after scraping the big-stuff off). The savings over hand-washing is only found if you were to hand-wash under "running" water, which uses more water.
A Little Humor
A priest was asked to dinner by one of his parishioners.When he sat down at the table, he noticed that the dishes were the dirtiest that he had ever seen in his life. "Were these dishes ever washed?" he asked his hostess, running his fingers over the grit and grime. She replied, "Of course they were cleaned Father! They're as clean as soap and water could get them." He felt a bit apprehensive, but blessed the food anyway and they all started eating. The meal was delicious and he paid his compliments in spite the dirty dishes. When dinner was over, the hostess took the dishes outside and yelled -"Here Soap! Here Water!"
A Little Humor
A priest was asked to dinner by one of his parishioners.When he sat down at the table, he noticed that the dishes were the dirtiest that he had ever seen in his life. "Were these dishes ever washed?" he asked his hostess, running his fingers over the grit and grime. She replied, "Of course they were cleaned Father! They're as clean as soap and water could get them." He felt a bit apprehensive, but blessed the food anyway and they all started eating. The meal was delicious and he paid his compliments in spite the dirty dishes. When dinner was over, the hostess took the dishes outside and yelled -"Here Soap! Here Water!"
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