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Here’s a fun fact for you: Federal Plumbing Standards now specify that kitchen faucets use no more than 2.5 gallons per minute (GPM) and that bathroom faucets use no more than 2.2 GPM. Although this is better than the old standard of 5 GMP, it’s still not great. In truth, you don’t need that much water while you’re washing your hands, cleaning your dishes, etc. This water saving faucet adapter by Conservation Group is highly efficient, using 1.5 gallons of water per minute through aerating the water stream and increasing spray velocity. It’ll work with your kitchen or bathroom faucet. Here’s a video that shows you how to install it:

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Here’s another fun fact for you (we’re full of em’): according to an EPA report, “The average American shower uses 17.2 gallons of water (65.1 liters) and lasts for 8.2 minutes at an average flow rate of 2.1 gallons per minute (GPM).” Once again, you don’t need that much water! This shower head is one of the only ones we could find that has three water saving options and flow rates: 0.5 GPM / 1.0 GPM / 1.5 GPM. If you’re super into conserving water, you can use as little as .5 gallons of water per minute with this shower head.

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This is another low flow shower head option in case you didn’t like the design of the one above. This one is Water Sense certified and saves water at a flow rate of 1.5 GPM. According to High Sierra Showerheads, you’ll save “40% or more water and the energy to heat the water.” We also found a video (below) that illustrates how to install this model.

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This product is slightly distinct from the other products in this kit, as this one helps to engender a behavioral change. In brief, this is a super easy to use shower timer. You just tap one of the timing options right when you get in the shower (1 minute to 10 minutes), and it’ll alert you when that time is up and you should get out. We could all use a little reminder at times.

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Lovely picture isn’t it? (Apologizes we couldn’t find a better one.) Anyhow, this nifty device helps to trick your toilette tank into thinking there’s more water in the tank than there really is. Without going into too much detail about how a toilette works, in placing a weighted object in your tank, the water level will reach the mechanism at the top of the tank faster, so it’ll tell that tank to stop filling with water…saving you water. You just fill up this bag with water and attach it as seen in the photo. If you’re more interested, here’s a video on how toilets work. It’s Oscar worthy.

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This is a neat innovation in home gardening and planting. This is a plant pot that let’s you know when there’s enough water in your plant pot, saving your plant from being over-watered and saving you water. There’s also a helpful water level indicator that lets you know how much water your plant needs, and, essentially, self-waters your plant through connecting with a device at the bottom of the planer. Click through to look at the diagram and learn more.

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This image does a good job at showing what this product does — it’s basically like a smart power strip for your hose. It’ll funnel water streaming in from the central valve into four separate openings. Each opening also has a pressure switch on it, which you can easily adjust. You can also now have two or more people using a single water valve, which saves money, time, and water.