I understand that nobody really wants to give up luxury when it comes to bathing; using a 1.0 GPM (gallon per minute) shower head isn’t a great experience, but 12 GPM?  Really?  When I lived in Australia I had friends that only bathed every other day, or had to share bath water among family members, because their water was so limited.

They also talk about the cost of some of these water hog shower heads being in the thousands of dollars!  Why would you spend that much for a piece of brass with holes in it?  You can get an Oxygenics® Evolution, multi-function, hand held shower head with patented pressure increasing technology for less than $60.

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I have an Oxygenics® Storm rain style shower head in my home; it puts out roughly 1.8 GPM at my 57 PSI (pounds per square inch) water pressure.  With that 1.8 GPM I get plenty clean, plenty fast, and it’s an enjoyable shower.

Oxygenics® Storm

Not only is the 12 GPM head using 6 times as much water, it’s 6 times as much hot water, meaning there was 6 times more electricity or gas used in the heating process, and that’s 6 times more water going to the local water treatment plant, which uses electricity to run all of it’s processes, and the list of addition resources and expenses just keeps building.  There’s a knock on effect that people just don’t think about.  You know a butterfly in Africa causes a typhoon in Japan kind of thing; only this scenario is real, and can be tracked and measured.

Now I’m not a big tree hugger, save the whales, global warming fanatic, but shouldn’t we all make an effort not to waste our natural resources?  Especially when you can get a luxurious, enjoyable, spa like experience at less than 2 GPM, and for less than $60, with an Oxygenics® head?  Makes sense to me.

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Helping to save water, our most precious natural resource is a really good place to start because every living thing on planet earth needs it.  But where do you start? What can you do as an individual to make a difference?

Here are a couple places that can help you find the answers.

1.  Help your kids learn to live wise with Resource Action Programs, and request that your school implement the program.  It’s FREE and it’ll teach your kids how they can do a few small things around the house to help save the environment.  Plus, if your school uses the program your whole community will be living wise.

2.  Stop losing hundreds or even thousands of gallons a year through toilet leaks by installing a flapperless toilet. Because the tank water is stored in a basin without a drain there are no leaks.  The water is simply dumped when the basin is tipped by pressing the handle.

3.  Install a low flow shower head.  You can save as much as 10 gallons per day, per person.  That’s a lot of water not being pulled from our waterways and wells, and a lot of waste water not being processed or dumped into our rivers.

4.  One of the biggest wasters in the house is the washing machine.  By using a high efficiency washer you can reduce the water used on your clothes by as much as 70% and your clothes come out just as clean, I should know, I own one.

These are just a few ways you can help do your part in reducing your impact on our planet.  Some are cheap and easy, other are a little pricy or time consuming, but all will help keep our earth green for future generations.