Together, faucets and showers account for approximately 33 percent of residential water use in the average home. Showers represent about 17 percent of water use, and faucets make up about 16 percent. Limiting the amount Read More
Category: Saving Water
Saving water can be done in the kitchen, in the bathroom, and outdoors. Saving water is as simple as installing low flow fixtures in place of older ones, finding leaks, and using water efficiency tools.
Low Flow Faucet Aerators: Cheap Way to Save
When you wash your hands or brush your teeth, how often do you stop to consider how much water is going down the drain? Probably not too often, right? The amount of water used at Read More
Water Saving Aerators: A Mindless way to Save Money!
The bathroom faucet is the area in the bathroom where the least amount of water is used. However, standard faucet aerators can also be a significant source of water waste. The average bathroom faucet tap Read More
How Shower GPM Impacts Your Home
Do you know how old your home and its plumbing fixtures are? The standard shower head in a home built before 1992 uses approximately five shower gallons per minute. For a family of four taking Read More
Reduce Water Use: Install a Flow Control Valve for Commercial Kitchens
The school cook, professional chef in a five star restaurant, and the large scale caterer understand the importance of water in a kitchen. Water use in a commercial setting accumulates much faster than residential kitchen Read More
Water Saving Kit: Instant Way to Save Water and Dollars
When we turn on the news often we are greeted with images of the immense damage that has been done to our planet. Among the many crises we now face, lack of water conservation is Read More
Low Flow Showerheads – Find the Best Showerhead for Your Needs
Often people go into a store or online and purchase a showerhead only to realize it is not exactly the best fit for them. Here we have compiled for you a list of our most Read More
Take Baby Steps with Energy & Water Conserservation Kits
The world we live in today is much different than the world our grandparents, and to some extent even our parents, lived in. According to the HCF (Hinkle Charitable Foundation), in 2007 51% of electricity Read More
Dual Flush Tank & Other Cheap Alternatives to Low Flow Toilets
Low flow toilets averaging around 1.6 gallons per minute are a great idea. But the return on investment period is long considering you’ll have to shell out at least $300 between the cost of the Read More