Showers are a big part of our individual energy and water use every year with the average American using nearly 4,000 liters of water everyday (https://www.worldometers.info/water/), we could manage to cut down on our water consumption. One way to do that is change the way we shower.
The first simple way to change the way we shower is to take shorter showers. By taking showers that are just 2 minutes shorter than normal you can save about 4.2 gallons of water (https://www.home-water-works.org/indoor-use/showers). This is a simple change you can make that can save literally tons of water every year. A helpful tip for making this change is setting a timer on your phone to let you know if you've been in the shower too long.
The next way to decrease your water consumption is to change your shower head to a low flow shower head. On average, most shower heads have a flow rate of 2.1 gallons/min, a low flow shower head, on the other hand, is any shower head which has a flow rate of under 2 gallons/min. Although this difference may seem small, this accumulates over the course of a year into saving lots of water.
The next tip is to take colder showers. This tip has less to do with saving water and more to do with saving energy, but it is still useful. By taking colder showers your house or apartment uses less energy heating up the water for your shower and you will go through the supply of hot water in your water tank more slowly. Of course you don't need to take ice cold showers, but turning the temperature down just a little bit can be a big help.
The final tip is to only run the water while rinsing off soap. This is a tip I learned that has been very helpful in decreasing my water consumption because I leave the water running for a much shorter amount of time. You can turn the water on at the beginning of the shower to heat up the water and to wet your body and hair, but while soaping your body or hair you can turn off the water and prevent that excess waste. Think of it as turning of the water while brushing your teeth. There's no reason to leave the water running while the toothbrush is actually in your mouth, and it's the same with showers. While you're actually putting soap in your hair or on your body there's no reason to let the water run.
I hope these tips can be helpful to changing your showering habits and you can do your best to apply these habits to your daily showers.
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