It is pretty simple... shower together with your significant other! Save water, and have fun at the same time.
Here are the very basic numbers: A 5 minute shower using a very efficient shower head at 2.5 gallons per minute, will have you using 12.5 gallons per shower, per person. Now, I don't know about you but I rarely take "only" 5 minutes in the shower, and reality is that it is closer to 10. Also factor in that you'll get 2.5 gallons/min only on newer, efficient shower heads. If you have an older shower head you'll probably be more in the 6 gallon/min range.
Some resources on this matter are:
So, the raw calculations would yield that for 2 people taking daily showers, taking a more prorated/average/guesstimate based on the rates of use stated above of 4 gal/min, 7 minute shower, 6 times a week (and allowing for a day or two here and there where you just skip it for whatever reason!), will be using a total off 17,472 gallons a year.
If you take showers together with your significant other at least 3 of those days a week, you'll be saving about 25% water consumtion or 4,368 gallons!
Don't take for granted that this will also save you some of the "green" most people really care about. At an estimated cost of $.002 per gallon (the average cost in the United States, although prices differ from city to city), yields a pretty pathetic savings of just over $8.67... but hey, at least you are doing something good for the environment and have some fun at the same time.
Since I really don't know how many polar bears that would help, or how many fish will survive (water pollution effects) thanks to your water saving contribution, it is somewhat of an act of faith!
All of this seems pretty refreshing to me! I can't wait to step in the shower!
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