Apartment Therapy Tagged: water conservation

Water Conservation In The Bathroom

Most of us are all for reducing the amount of water that we use daily. Did you know that Americans use on average 5.8 billion gallons of water a day to flush their toilets? Roughly three-quarters o...

Green @ Home: Reducing Our Water Usage

Name: Shayna Location: Oakland I'm a firm believer in the concept of baby-steps. Grandiose ideas are great, but as for becoming reality? The follow-through just isn't always there. Like Janel, I thi...

Low-Flow Showerheads at Sunset

Sunset's got a broad overview of a number of low-flow showerheads, all of which are stylish, and all of which use 2.5 gallons or less each minute you're in the shower. (Taking a few minutes off your ...

Good Question: Is a Handshower More Water-wise Than a Traditional Shower Head?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) Because it's bathroom month,...

Losethelawn.com

They're paying people to ditch their lawns in Las Vegas ... but what if you live somewhere outside of Sin City? Why would you give up your lawn? ...

Best: Tips for Taking a Shorter Shower

This is something we really need help with. Well, actually, we've gotten pretty good about the weekday morning shower -- it's the Saturday one that really kills us. So, we'll start the list of tips ...

Green Dilemma: Old Toilets

Well, it's bathroom month here at Apartment Therapy. So, eventually, we were going to have to talk about toilets. Did you know that most old toilets (made before 1994) use 5 gallons of water per flu...

Moen Moves to 1.5 GPM Aerators

Faucet manufacturer Moen has introduced a new aerator that lets water flow at 1.5 gallons per minute [GPM] rather than the more typical 2.25 GPM. (An aerator is the little thing with the screen on th...