Sustainability News
October 2009 Sustainability Newsletter
Are you interested in an easy way to save money on your water and water heating bills?
The Town of Coupeville is giving out faucet aerators for bathrooms and kitchens, shower flow restrictors and toilet leak detection kits FOR FREE to any Town of Coupeville water customer. The bathroom faucet aerators are .5 gallons per minute (GPM), the kitchen sink aerators are 1.5 GPM and the shower flow restrictors are 1.5 GPM.
Simply bring your water bill into town hall and tell them how many faucets and shower heads (either fixed or handheld) your household has and we will hand you what you need. If you do not know how to install these items please leave us your name and phone number and someone will give you a call to walk you through the process.
How Much Can I Save?
You can save a great deal of money on both water and water heating costs by converting to these new low flow aerators and flow restrictors. Please keep in mind that these are only estimates and they are based on average usage.
The average household in the Town of Coupeville can save the following:
- $ 150.00 per year per household of 2 on water AND
- $ 80.00 per year per household of 2 on water heating costs
Or looking at it another way
- Typical bathroom faucet aerators are 2.2 gallon per minute (GPM) so replacing them with a .5 GPM aerator reduces your water usage by 77%.
- Typical kitchen sink aerators are 2.2 GMP so replacing them with a 1.5GPM reduces your water usage by 32%.
- Typical shower heads run at 2.5GPM so restricting the flow to 1.5 GPM reduces your water usage by 40%
AND in all cases you will also reduce your water heating costs as well.
Toilet Leak Detection Kits
Leaking toilets can cause more water waste than any other fixture in the home. Even a silent toilet leak (that’s one you normally can’t hear) will waste from 30 to 500 gallons of water per day! That can cost in-town Coupeville customers over $150 in a month. The ones you can hear will waste much, more water.
The leak detection kits will come with instructions and are very simple to use.
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