WATERSENSE® FIXTURES in the Sequoia |
The average household spends as much as $500 per year on its water and sewer bill.
By making just a few simple changes to use water more efficiently, you could save
about $170 per year. If all U.S. households installed water-efficient appliances, the
country would save more than 3 trillion gallons of water and more than $18 billion
dollars per year! Also, when we use water more efficiently, we reduce the need for
costly water supply infrastructure investments and new wastewater treatment facilities.
It takes a considerable amount of energy to deliver and treat the water you use every
day. American public water supply and treatment facilities consume about 56 billion
kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year—enough electricity to power more than 5 million homes
for an entire year. For example, letting your faucet run for five minutes uses about
as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 14 hours.
By reducing household water use you can not only help reduce the energy required
to supply and treat public water supplies but also can help address climate change.
One of the many ways Tim O’Brien Homes has reduced water consumption in the Sequoia
(2010 Parade of Homes Model) is by featuring WaterSense® fixtures inside many of the
bathrooms. By installing WaterSense® fixtures, an average household can save
more than 500 gallons of water each year.
To learn more about WaterSense® fixtures, please visit http://www.epa.gov/watersense/
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