“By combining the duration of each showering event with the shower’s flow rate, the team were able to calculate the amount of water involved in each use. The results reveal that at any given flow rate, higher-pressure showers were associated with lower water consumption.”
“Having a visible timer in the shower could bring further benefits by preventing shower times from gradually increasing over the weeks.”
“Overall, the team found that showers with both high pressure and timers used on average about 17 litres of water, whereas those with low pressure and no timer used nearly 61 litres per shower. ‘A smart timer helped reduce water consumption by up to 53% with middling water pressures,’ the team wrote.”
The research team also measured how long people took showers under different flow rates and found that high-pressure showers were shorter but did not fully investigate why. This could be part of their future research.
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“By combining the duration of each showering event with the shower’s flow rate, the team were able to calculate the amount of water involved in each use. The results reveal that at any given flow rate, higher-pressure showers were associated with lower water consumption.”
“Having a visible timer in the shower could bring further benefits by preventing shower times from gradually increasing over the weeks.”
“Overall, the team found that showers with both high pressure and timers used on average about 17 litres of water, whereas those with low pressure and no timer used nearly 61 litres per shower. ‘A smart timer helped reduce water consumption by up to 53% with middling water pressures,’ the team wrote.”
The research team also measured how long people took showers under different flow rates and found that high-pressure showers were shorter but did not fully investigate why. This could be part of their future research.