Green Interior DesignLow Flow Showerheads
The smart way to save water and money
A typical shower has a flow rate of 5 gallons a minute. A shower lasting 8 minutes uses as much water as a bath. Fixing leaky pipes and putting lagging around the water pipes (so the water warms up quicker) is as important as installing a low flow shower systems in the bathroom. A low flow showerhead will cut water flow from 5 gallons to just 1.5 gallons per minute. Low flow showers work by sucking air through ports on the head. Brands such as Oxygenics make their low flow showers with a spa setting that is claimed to improve circulation.
There is now a good selection of low flow showers available on Amazon, many of them at cheap prices. Browse the Amazon shop below for more information about low flow showerheads.