John Sanderson's Posts - Silver Lake Star2024-03-29T10:55:52ZJohn Sandersonhttp://silverlakestar.com/profile/JohnSandersonhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/986130285?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1&xj_user_default=1http://silverlakestar.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3s1xc3338r5bn&xn_auth=noReplace Your High Flow Shower Heads with Efficient Low Flow Showerheads to Conserve Water This Summertag:silverlakestar.com,2017-07-02:6574575:BlogPost:146042017-07-02T01:30:00.000ZJohn Sandersonhttp://silverlakestar.com/profile/JohnSanderson
<div class="xg_user_generated"><p><font color="#000000" face="Arial" id="role_document0" size="5">Early summer is a great time to start thinking about conserving water for th<font face="Arial">e summer. And one of the easiest and best ways to save water this summer is to</font></font> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" id="role_document1" size="5">replace your inefficient high-flow showerhead with a high-efficient model. Switching now will provide several benefits. Not only will…</font></p>
</div>
<div class="xg_user_generated">
<p><font id="role_document0" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">Early summer is a great time to start thinking about conserving water for th<font face="Arial">e summer. And one of the easiest and best ways to save water this summer is to</font></font> <font id="role_document1" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">replace your inefficient high-flow showerhead with a high-efficient model. Switching now will provide several benefits. Not only will you be helping the environment, you'll also see an immediate savings on your water bill, because a new low-flow showerhead will result in a much lower water flow-rate.</font></p>
<p><font id="role_document2" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">Most families consume most of their water in the shower. So showering at a reduced flow-rate is a wonderful idea. Today's selection of showerheads is countless. Here's exactly how much you can save by installing a low-flow shower head.</font></p>
<p> </p>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;">
<font face="Arial" size="5"><a title="http://www.relenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/watersense-certified-shower-head.jpg" href="http://www.relenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/watersense-certified-shower-head.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img width="750" height="1070" title="http://www.relenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/watersense-certified-shower-head.jpg" class="align-full" style="width: 289px; height: 380px;" alt="http://www.relenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/watersense-certified-shower-head.jpg" src="http://www.relenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/watersense-certified-shower-head.jpg?width=750"></a><br> <br> <em>1.5 GPM High-Efficiency ShowerHead</em></font>
</div>
<p><font id="role_document3" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">T</font><font id="role_document4" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">esting a low-flow shower head vs. a traditional high-flow shower head.</font></p>
<h3><font size="5">Step One</font><font face="Arial" size="5">: Find out the shower head’s GPM. That's the flow-rate in gallons-per-minute</font></h3>
<p><font id="role_document5" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">Just about every</font> <font id="role_document6" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">shower head sold in America today has a 2.5 (GPM) gallons-per-minute max. flow rate. That means for every minute in the shower, you end up using 2.5 gallons of water. Quite a bit will be hot water. And of course hot water has the added expense in the form of higher natural gas or power bills. And while 2.5 gallons-a-minute is considered by many to be "low-flow", the newer ultra-low-flow showerheads are coming on the market and only use 0.5 to 1.5 gallons-per-minute. Compare this with the old standard high-flow shower head still being used in some older homes that are using between 5 and 10 GPM and you begin to see that significant water savings that are indeed possible. The newer ultra-low-flow models are available in a multitude of different sizes and shapes. </font></p>
<h3><font face="Arial" size="5">IMPORTANT: The <i>duration</i> of your shower</font></h3>
<p><font id="role_document7" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">Six</font> <font id="role_document8" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">to twelve minutes. According to recent studies, that's the average amount of time people spend showering. Of course there are those who love to spend fifteen minutes or more; contrast that with those who are in-and-out in a minute or two. If you normally spend a while in the shower, you'll save quite-a-bit more money and water by tossing your old high-flow showerhead.</font></p>
<p><font id="role_document9" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">Studies also show that the average person takes one shower per day.</font><font id="role_document10" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5"> </font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial" size="5">So just how much water can you save by intalling a low flow <a title="http://www.best-shower-head.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" href="http://www.best-shower-head.com/" rel="dofollow"><font color="#000033">high pressure shower head</font></a>?</font></h4>
<p><font id="role_document11" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">If you shower once-per-day</font> <font id="role_document12" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="5">for about eight minutes. </font></p>
<p><font id="role_document13" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>An Old Standard 7.0 GPM (gallons-per-minute) <a title="https://www.amazon.com/SHOWER-BLASTER-PRESSURE-SHOWERBLASTER-SHOWERHEAD/dp/B00UF9VHNU" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.amazon.com/SHOWER-BLASTER-PRESSURE-SHOWERBLASTER-SHOWERHEAD/dp/B00UF9VHNU" rel="nofollow"><font color="#000028">high-flow shower head</font></a></strong></font><strong><font id="role_document14" color="#000028" face="Arial" size="2">:</font></strong><br> <a title="Replace Your High Flow Shower Heads" href="http://best-shower-head.com/" target="_blank" rel="dofollow"><img width="300" height="308" title="Replace Your High Flow Shower Heads" class="align-right" style="width: 183px; height: 165px;" alt="High Flow Shower Heads High Pressure" src="https://www.bradleycorp.com/image/9988/in-wall-watersense-showerhead.jpg?width=300"></a><span class="font-size-5">Showering once-per-day for an average of 8 minutes each. That's a total of 240 minutes. With a high flow shower head this will result in water consumption of about 1680 gallons.</span></font></p>
<p><strong><font face="Arial" size="5">Today's regular</font></strong> <font face="Arial" size="5"><strong>2.5 GPM low-flow shower head:</strong><br> Using the same numbers, that 240 minutes of showering will result in 600 gallons of water used. You can already see a difference of 1,080 gallons-per-month, or almost 13,000 gallons-per-year in savings over a high-flow unit.</font></p>
<h4><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><font face="Arial" size="5">Today's newer ultra-low-flow 1.5 GPM <a title="https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/63961/how-can-i-get-my-shower-head-to-increase-water-pressure" style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://diy.stackexchange.com/questions/63961/how-can-i-get-my-shower-head-to-increase-water-pressure" rel="nofollow"><font color="#000033">high pressure shower heads</font></a>:</font></strong></span></h4>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5"> <a title="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/409895123?profile=original" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/409895123?profile=original" target="_self"></a><font color="#000000"><a title="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/1c/cc/e01cccf8f654048ee91cb159549cf684.jpg" href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/1c/cc/e01cccf8f654048ee91cb159549cf684.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img width="735" height="735" title="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/1c/cc/e01cccf8f654048ee91cb159549cf684.jpg" class="align-center" style="width: 498px; height: 488px;" alt="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/1c/cc/e01cccf8f654048ee91cb159549cf684.jpg" src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e0/1c/cc/e01cccf8f654048ee91cb159549cf684.jpg?width=735"></a>If we use our same</font> estimates of 240 minutes in the shower each month, multiplied by 1.5 gives us a monthly total of 360 gallons. This will result in 2,880 gallons saved each year over the regular low-flow model and 15,840 gallons per year saved compared to the older high-flow shower heads. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5">It becomes easy to see how a family of four could easily see an annual savings of about 63,000 gallons, not to mention a huge savings on their annual power bill. And that's just one way you can begin conserving water this summer. It's easy, cheap and environmentally friendly.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5">****************************</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="5">Note from SilverLakeStar: Easily shop online and compare shower heads at <a href="https://www.shop.com/LIVEWELLSHOPWELL/search/spearman+shower+head?credituser=R9280736" target="_blank">LiveWellShopWell.com</a></font></p>
</div>