"Alan" wrote in message
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"Dick" LeadWinger wrote in message
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In my quest to find why we use so much water for domestic needs, I
measured our shower head output this morning. It measured exactly
2-gallons in 1-minute. Seems high. What is the recommended flow rate
for water conservation?

Dick

Maximum Conservation Efficiency (MCE) is acheived at a flow rate of 0 gpm,
but you're going to be walking around dirty or soapy. Here's another
thought- it takes x amount of water to wash off y amount of soap.
Hypothetical example: if the flow is 2gpm, let's say it takes 2 minutes to
wash off the soap. If the flow rate decreases to 1gpm, it now takes 4
minutes to wash off the same amount of soap. Of course, there are
psychological and comfort factors, but they can't be measured very well.

As you can tell, I belong to the "low flow does not conserve water, only
wastes time" camp.

Here here,,,, first thing I do is remove the restrictor in the shower head.
Faucets I leave alone. When I was traveling a lot I even carried a special
pair of water pump pliers for the hotel room showers, if needed. Before I
check out I would put the restrictor back.