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A water pressure reducer to save water.

A water pressure reducer to save water.

No need to waste water, use a pressure reducer for your shower .

You may not realize it when you shower, but water consumption is important. There is a little trick to limit waste, it's very simple and you won't even notice the change.

The trick is easy. You just need to buy a shower flow restrictor. You can find them at any DIY store. It's a small piece that you just have to screw between the faucet and the base of the hose. The flow rate is halved but the feeling coming out of the showerhead remains the same. Too bad to deprive yourself of it!

Savings Achieved

A person who washes every day for about 10 minutes will have spent more than 4500 hours of his life in the shower! So much water flowing, flowing, flowing...

Shower pressure reducers cost no more than 10 euros and can reduce your water consumption by more than 50%. A shower consumes about 20 liters of water per minute. With the pressure reducer, this figure drops to between 7 and 10 liters per minute. Impressive, right?

This will significantly lower your bill. But be careful, don't take advantage of this to spend twice as much time in the shower, our trick would lose all its interest!

See also our tip to save water in the house.