Summary of Certain Articles Read in a Selected HydroDynamics Topic
Residential water use in the U.S. and Canada
- In an average home, showering is the largest domestic water use after toilets
- Showers take up to 25% of your household usage
- The average duration of a shower is approximately eight minutes
- Ultra-efficiency shower heads have flow rates under 2.0 gallons per minute/7.6 litres per minute
- In order for a shower to get a WaterSense stamp, all of it’s modes have to be under 2.0 gallons per minute
- Over time since the late 1980’s, people’s attitude towards conserving water has improved
WaterSense Showerheads
- Standard shower heads use 2.5 gallons per minute
- The average family could save almost three thousand gallons of water per year by installing water saving shower heads (WaterSense shower heads)
- By saving water, you can also save money on energy
- If everyone in the U.S. installed a WaterSense showerhead, $2.9 billion could be saved in terms of water utility bills
- 260 billion gallons of water could also be saved annually
Malatest Program Evaluation and Market Research
- Showers use up the second highest amount of water in a household
- There is no significant difference between the shower length of males and females
- Most people think they have average shower times
- More people shower at night than in the morning
- Bus ads and newspapers are the best deemed ways of communication
Water Conservation
- The Implications Of User Awareness, Attitude, and Behaviour- Even with technological advances of water-using appliances that offer increased efficiency, the user has a major effect on how efficient it really is.
- People who live in a smaller household tend to use more water than bigger households because of the incentive to save because there are more people.
- Those who have a responsibility to pay for their bills are more conscious in saving water.
- Most people in the U.K. think there is a need to save water and practice water saving activities.
- 58% of people would rather take showers than baths.