Showerheads - How To Cut Water Usage Without Discomfort
One of the recommendations you'll often see for being environmentally conscious is to take shorter showers. Forget that! The good news is you can take a normal shower without having to feel bad. How? Modern shower head technology.
We currently live in what more than a few pundits have called a state of fear. If the super volcano at Yellowstone doesn't get us an asteroid, tsunami, climate change or some virus will. In truth, we actually live in a golden age when the average person has never lived at a higher average level. That doesn't mean there aren't some serious problems approaching quickly. In fact, water is a big one.
For all the arguments about whether the wars in the Middle East are over oil or not, there is no doubt that future wars will be conducted over water. There is water all around us. Unfortunately, nearly every bit of it is salty, to wit, in the oceans. The water situation is dire, yet many people don't even know that the Colorado River no longer flows all the way to ocean because every bit of it is used along the way.
How could we use so much water? Well, there are many reasons. That being said, most of us don't realize just how much we use at home. Are you aware that the average household uses over 22,000 gallons of water in the shower each year. Yes, 22,000! Given the millions of people that live along the Colorado River, it is a minor miracle it makes it out of Colorado!
Regardless, you can make a huge difference if you cut down on the water used in the shower. For most people, this meant installing restricted flow showerheads. I hate these and you probably do as well. As the name suggests, these work by cutting down the flow so you end up with a weak spray that can be an absolutely nightmare if you are shampooing long hair. If you have long hair, you are nodding as you read this and grumbling.
The good news is you can cut down on water usage in the shower without compromising pressure. The answer is in low flow showerheads. The name may sound ominous, but it is not. "Low flow" refers to a regulator in the product. It cuts down on the flow of water as it moves past the regulator, but does so in a manner that keeps the pressure up. The average showerhead will have a water flow in the 2.5 gallon a minute range. The low flow version will drop this to 1.75 with the same pressure. Put another way, you can enjoy a normal shower and still cut down on your water usage.
We currently live in what more than a few pundits have called a state of fear. If the super volcano at Yellowstone doesn't get us an asteroid, tsunami, climate change or some virus will. In truth, we actually live in a golden age when the average person has never lived at a higher average level. That doesn't mean there aren't some serious problems approaching quickly. In fact, water is a big one.
For all the arguments about whether the wars in the Middle East are over oil or not, there is no doubt that future wars will be conducted over water. There is water all around us. Unfortunately, nearly every bit of it is salty, to wit, in the oceans. The water situation is dire, yet many people don't even know that the Colorado River no longer flows all the way to ocean because every bit of it is used along the way.
How could we use so much water? Well, there are many reasons. That being said, most of us don't realize just how much we use at home. Are you aware that the average household uses over 22,000 gallons of water in the shower each year. Yes, 22,000! Given the millions of people that live along the Colorado River, it is a minor miracle it makes it out of Colorado!
Regardless, you can make a huge difference if you cut down on the water used in the shower. For most people, this meant installing restricted flow showerheads. I hate these and you probably do as well. As the name suggests, these work by cutting down the flow so you end up with a weak spray that can be an absolutely nightmare if you are shampooing long hair. If you have long hair, you are nodding as you read this and grumbling.
The good news is you can cut down on water usage in the shower without compromising pressure. The answer is in low flow showerheads. The name may sound ominous, but it is not. "Low flow" refers to a regulator in the product. It cuts down on the flow of water as it moves past the regulator, but does so in a manner that keeps the pressure up. The average showerhead will have a water flow in the 2.5 gallon a minute range. The low flow version will drop this to 1.75 with the same pressure. Put another way, you can enjoy a normal shower and still cut down on your water usage.
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