Water Saver Shower Heads 

Heard of water saver shower head but not sure if it is what you are looking for? Could this kind of shower head be help to save water and eventually reduce your bills? Here will will provide more information on that.

Energy-saving is a common sense in the 22th century. We can incorporate small issues in our daily life to improve the world, as well as saving up unnecessary expense, which is two birds one stone to many families.
Water is one of the most used household resources, and we could pay less for water by adapting measurements to control water consumption with a low initial investment. Showers and baths took a large usage of water in a person’s daily life,it was reported to be one of the top uses of residential water, accounting for 17% of indoor water used. Most of us shower everyday, where as some take two to three showers a day during summer. Luckily it is easy now if you want to save water during shower, shower heads with water saving functions are available on the market. Install water saver shower heads could save 30%, 40%, even up to 50% of water. Using less water in turn reduce the supply of water heaters, which, if taken into annual account, would be sufficient for powering on television for a year of normal usage.

Check Water Flow Rate
Local governments in various countries have established laws to control the flow rate of water by household water heads. To determine the flow rate of your water head, check the specification of the faucets, or some of the faucets would have the gallons-per-minute label engraved on the water head, for example, if it was showing 2gpm, that means the water flow rate of the water head is a maximum of 2 gallons of water per minute(gpm).
If no label is found, the flow rate of the water head could be determined manually. Place a container which you know how many gallons it could fill under the water head. Fill the bucket by adjusting the tap to the the maximum flow and time how many minutes it takes to fill it up. It should take at least 1 minute, the longer it is, the better. If it takes only one minute or less to be filled up, please replace the shower head. It would save you money in long term, it also benefits the environment.

Standard Water Flow Rate
After you have checked the water flow rates, compare them with the standard. In U.S., the standard maximum flow rate for water saver shower heads is 2gpm. Families are encouraged to install shower heads with flow rate 2gpm or less.

Choosing Water Saver Shower Head
United States
To identify high performance water saver shower heads the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has introduced a partnership program named WaterSense, which labels quality water saver shower heads. Each showerhead labeled WaterSense would have its model tested and would be performing better than conventional showerheads. So when you are looking for a new water saver shower head to replace with the old inefficient one, always search for the ones with the WaterSense label. Toilets, faucets do have WaterSense labels too.

Australia
The Australia and New Zealand Government have launched a regulatory scheme to ensure the quality of plumbing products sold in public — WELS(Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme). All plumbing products sold in Australia carries the WELS label with the display of star rating of the product itself, the more stars the more water efficient is the product; the label also states the flow rate of the product in litres per minute, the less the rate is, the more water could be saved.

Apart from the WELS label, also keep an eye on the WaterMark logo when checking out water plumbs. WaterMark products are tested and certified by authorities to ascertain the quality of the merchandises and Australian standards of installation. WELS labels are mandatory to be sold legally in Australia, but WaterMark is not.