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Take Shorter Showers

There's no doubt about it: showers are one of those simple pleasures in life. Want to make it even better? Take a shorter one. You'll come out feeling both refreshed and satisfied that you've done your part for the planet.

On average, the American shower lasts about eight minutes and uses roughly 44 gallons of water. That amount of water alone is enough to wash five cars in a commercial car wash.

By taking a quick three to four minute shower, you'd help save about 27.5 gallons of water-per shower! If everyone in the country took a shorter shower today, we'd save about 6 billion gallons of water. That's enough water to fill more than 9,000 Olympic-size swimming pools!

Sources

California Urban Water Conservation Council
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
U.S. Census Bureau



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