Submitted by Amy (not verified) on 11 November, 2007 - 19:43.
Why on earth does nearly every example above assume people are rinsing dishes under running water?!? That's why most sinks have two compartments: you put your wash water in one side and your rinse water in the other! It takes about 4 gallons of water total to do all the dishes from a complete meal and no electricty except for the water heating (which is only heated to a comfortable on your skin temp, not a scalding sanitizing temp like a dishwasher would do).
Why on earth does nearly
Why on earth does nearly every example above assume people are rinsing dishes under running water?!? That's why most sinks have two compartments: you put your wash water in one side and your rinse water in the other! It takes about 4 gallons of water total to do all the dishes from a complete meal and no electricty except for the water heating (which is only heated to a comfortable on your skin temp, not a scalding sanitizing temp like a dishwasher would do).