Saving money and thinking green is on everyone’s mind. A quick an effect way to save water is to install a low-flow aerator on your kitchen sink. It’s easy to install just twist it on to your existing faucet. It works by mixing air into the water stream to reduce water usage without affecting your water pressure. It’s a standard fixture at most hardware stores for a under $10.
A standard kitchen faucet uses 4 to 5 gallons per minute. That same faucet will drop its usage to 2 ½ gallons per minute. On average you should be saving 1 ½ to 2 ¾ gallons a day. That’s hundreds of gallons of water you’re conserving just from your $10 dollar investment.
Thinking green can be affordable if you start with the simple projects. Water conservation is a great place to start. If your water bill goes down you can put that extra money toward your next green remodeling project.
Good post, keep in mind there are varying levels of low flow faucet aerators starting at the 2.5 / 2.2 gpm level and going down as low as .5. Depending on your needs you should select the appropriate gpm rate, 2.2 gpm’s is good for the kitchen but 1.5 gpm is also sufficient for some. Here are links to examples of both swivel head low flow faucet aerators which are great for the kitchen http://www.faucetaerators.com/swivel-head-faucet-aerators-c-25.html as well as other low flow aerators you can’t buy them on the site but it can help give you an idea of what is available. Like the article said you can pick these up at the local hardware store.
Comment by Greg — November 5, 2008 @ 6:07 pm |