Most showerheads use twice the water needed for a thorough shower. Every day, 3 billion gallons of water flow through showerheads in the United States, half of it unnecessarily. The toll this excess takes on one of our most precious resources, clean water, is a blow to both the environment and your pocketbook. To get clean water, we tap lakes, build dams and reservoirs, and construct processing plants. By using more than we need, we overload sewer and septic systems and leach fields. Both the water itself and the energy needed to heat it cost you money.

Solution? Take this very easy step—convert your showerheads to low-flow models. This takes a few minutes and costs a few dollars. For an investment of $10 or less you can save $50 to $75 per year on water bills and $20 to $50 or more per year on energy bills (depending on your current showerhead and utility rates). Every new showerhead should pay for itself the first year.

To learn more or purchase low flow shower heads visit Evolve.com.

THE FACTS

For an investment of $10 or less you can save $50 to $75 per year on water bills and $20 to $50 per year on energy bills.