Buy a faucet aerator
- Creative Energy Technologies Inc. 1.5 gpm Faucet Aerator
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Creative Energy Technologies offers several aerators, including this 1.5 gpm model. It's designed to deliver a strong spray while minimizing water usage. A 0.5 gpm model is also available for even more water conservation. - USA Landlord 1.0 GPM Faucet Aerator
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USA Landlord offers a wide assortment of faucet aerators for kitchens and bathrooms. This one, recommended for bathrooms, offers a flow rate of 1.0 gpm. It also features dual threads (male and female threads) that should fit most faucets. - Utility Savers Ultra High Performance Faucet Aerator
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This aerator comes in 0.375 gpm, 0.5 gpm, or 0.7 gpm models, allowing you to cut water consumption by 80 percent or more. Features a vacuum booster valve that boosts the intensity of the aerator stream flow by 2.5 times over conventional aerator streams.
Buy a low-flow showerhead
- Bricor B100Max 1.0 GPM Showerhead
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With Bricor's Vacuum Flow Technology, this showerhead delivers a one-gallon-per-minute flow stream. - ETL Oxygenics SkinCare Showerhead 630-XLF 1.5
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This showerhead, with a maximum flow rate of 1.5 gallons per minute, is exceptionally water-efficient, and is also "self-pressurizing." - Gaiam "Lowest Flow" Showerhead
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This showerhead averages 1.2 to 1.4 gallons per minute, cutting water use by 50 to 70 percent.
Use a shower timer
- Hot Water Specialists Temperature Controllers
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Meant to help you achieve a consistent temperature for your daily showers, these digital gadgets let you dial in precise temp settings. The eco-functionality comes with the “Shower Saver” setting, which gives you control of the total gallons used per shower. - Ripple Products Basic Shower Timer
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Go old-school with this simple little sand shower timer. Each turn of this PVC-free device will give you four minutes (challenge yourself to keep it to one turn!). It suctions to your shower wall, so should stay in place, too! - Sony AM/FM/Weather Shower CD Clock Radio
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Get the tunes cranking to get you moving more quickly in the morning with either the radio or your own choice of music. It’s even got a count down timer that allows you to keep you on schedule. - Steamist Quality Timer/Temp Control
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Made out of polished chrome, this programmable device lets you control both the length and temperature of your showers. It’s solidly constructed, and a bit expensive, but it should get you and your water-hungry teenagers in eco-shape in no time. - The Shower Manager
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Shorten your showers without an annoying buzzer. This shower management system will let you set a time-goal for your shower, during which you’ll get full power water flow. Once that time’s elapsed, it’ll turn the water down by half, subtly prompting you to wrap it up. - Waterproof Digital Shower Coach
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Now you can take your ducky into the shower, too (although these timers come in other shapes as well). Set this little timer for anywhere from one to 99 minutes and then wait for the beeps to remind you that your time is up.
Reduce the thermostat setting on your water heater
- Intermatic Electric Water Heater Timer
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This timer will shut off your hot water heater at night and any time you do not need hot water.
Install a solar thermal water heater
- EagleSun Solar Water Heaters
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The EagleSun line of 80 and 120 gallon drainback solar water heating systems, designed for families with three to six members, have fewer system components than other active solar systems so they are relatively low maintenance. - Helio-Flo Solar Water Heater
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An inexpensive solar water heating system requiring little maintenance. - KingSolar Water Heater
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This drainback solar water heating system is designed to meet the needs of a household of 3 or 4 adults. This system converts any water heater into a solar-powered water heater. - SC Solar
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Made with a 30-year design life, these solar components survive the world's most challenging climates and environmental conditions. Great for hotels, laundry facilities, schools, and restaurants. - SolarRoofs.com
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Get a custom-built solar water heater for your business that's low-profile and light weight with self-balancing features. The Skyline® collectors are durable and have a 150 mph wind rating.
Flush with less water
- Fill Master Fill Cycle Diverter
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The Fill Cycle Diverter saves 1/2 to 1 1/2 gallons of water per flush by diverting the majority of the water that flows down the toilet's overflow tube. - Frugal Flush Flapper
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This device is designed to convert toilets with a tank capacity of 3.5 to seven gallons into water-saving models. - Niagara Toilet Tank Bank
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This displacement bag will reduce your toilet tank's capacity by about 0.8 gallons. It's also very affordable. - The Toilet Tummy
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Low cost, user-friendly, and durable, it's designed to hang inside your toilet, and will displace 80-160 ounces of water, depending on if you use one or two. - Toilet Tank Water Dam
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This device works by cutting off a portion of your toilet tank, reducing its capacity by 20 percent.
Choose recycled toilet paper
- Cascades Toilet Tissue
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Canadian brand of 100 percent recycled 2-ply bathroom toilet paper. Tissue is made with a high percentage of post-consumer waste fibers and is produced with 80 percent less water than the industry average. It is bleached without chlorine and is safe for septic systems. Comes in 4-pack and 24-pack sizes. - Planet Recycled Bathroom Tissue
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This 2-ply bathroom tissue from Canadian company Planet contains 100 percent recycled paper with a minimum of 80 percent post-consumer content. The paper is whitened using an oxygen-based process rather than a chlorine-bleaching process, which produces the byproduct dioxin, a known carcinogen. Paper is also safe for septic systems. - Seventh Generation Bathroom Tissue
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Seventh Generation brand toilet tissue contains 80 percent post-consumer waste, 20 percent pre-consumer waste, and is 100 percent chlorine-free. It is hypoallergenic and safe to use with septic systems. Seventh Generation carries a large variety of household products, including other paper products, cleaning agents, and laundry detergent. Most of their products are available in local groceries and health food stores. - ShitBegone Original SBG Toilet Paper
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ShitBegone Toilet Paper is made of 100 percent recycled paper and is unembossed so that you get more for your money. The embossment process that's used in toilet paper production is about creating texture on the sheets so as to trap air between the layers. This way, companies have you paying for air as well as the paper. Since ShitBegone's toilet paper is unembossed, you are guaranteed to get what you pay for—recycled toilet paper!
