Do you not comprehend that all you are doing is relocating that water from the fresh water system to the waste-water system? And if you are on municipal water and municipal sewer, you are paying handsomely for that privilege.

I expect that you still use high-phosphate detergent as well. It *does* get things nice and clean, takes lots of water to do it, but nice and clean!

(Not to mention algae blooms. https://www.greatlakesnow.org/algal-blooms/)

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA