{"id":200,"date":"2007-05-05T21:44:13","date_gmt":"2007-05-05T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/?p=200"},"modified":"2007-05-05T21:54:24","modified_gmt":"2007-05-05T19:54:24","slug":"why-you-should-install-a-low-flow-showerhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/2007\/05\/05\/why-you-should-install-a-low-flow-showerhead\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should install a low flow showerhead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display:block;float:left;padding:5px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/aycu34.webshots.com\/image\/14353\/2005092964802490156_rs.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The shower accounts for approximately 20% of indoor water use, and about 60% of hot water use. Older shower heads put out water at a rate of 4.5 to 8 gallons per minute (gpm). Low flow models operate at a range of 1.5 to 2.5 gpm. Low flow shower heads are available in a wide range of flow characteristics, so it should be possible to find a model that suits you. At the end of the day you will be saving water.<\/p>\n<p>But water is not the only thing you will save. There is also CO2. You will save about 136 kg of CO2 each year just by installing low flow shower heads. If you also adjust your hot water heater from 60\u05b2\u00b0C to about 50\u05b2\u00b0C, you will save an additional 217 Kg of CO2 (you can find 20 simple tips fro lowering your home&#8217;s carbon footprint <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyero.com\/articles\/lower-your-carbon-footprint.php\">here<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, when you install a low flow shower heads and adjust your water temperature, you save water, CO2 and money!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shower accounts for approximately 20% of indoor water use, and about 60% of hot water use. Older shower heads put out water at a rate of 4.5 to 8 gallons per minute (gpm). Low flow models operate at a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/2007\/05\/05\/why-you-should-install-a-low-flow-showerhead\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why you should install a low flow showerhead?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.water-simulation.com\/wsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}