Apart from protecting against overflowing baths, Nova-Flo will also save on your water consumption.
If you leave your bath running until the water pours through the overflow - you waste 10-14 litres per minute!
If you have installed Nova-Flo - the taps will automatically shut off the flow as the water reaches the overflow outlet.
Facts on water
- We use around 155 litres of water each day on average, which is 70% more than 30 years ago. That's around 1600 pints of water a week each.
(Source: Yorkshire Water - Water Efficient Garden; Bristol Water - Water Wizard; and others)
- One drip per second wastes around 1200 litres of water in a year; that's around 4 litres a day; and 90 litres of water if the drips are breaking into a stream.
(Source: Environment Agency - Water Wise)
- Running the tap can use 10-14 litres of water a minute - which would give enough for a bath in just 5 minutes.
(Source: Environment Agency - Water Wise)
...so make sure you mend any dripping taps, and turn off taps when not in use.
- If everyone in the UK turned off the tap whilst brushing their teeth, they would collectively save as much water in a week as it would take to fill the Millennium Dome.
(Source: Going for Green)
- Washing a mug under a running tap uses about a litre of water; six mugs use about the same as a whole bowl of washing up.
(Source: Bristol Water plc)
- A single washing machine cycle uses up to 100 litres of water (22 gallons) - and the average family uses their washing machine five times a week. That's 26,000 litres (5,720 gallons) in a year.
(Source: Southern Water website)
- Only use the washing machine or dishwasher when you have a full load. If you have an economy cycle, then use this.
(Source: Watersmart)
- A third of an average family's water use is flushed down the toilet.
(Source: Save-a-flush)
- The average family uses the equivalent of two baths of water per day when flushing the toilet.
(Source: Save-a-flush)
- 20-25% of domestic energy consumed is used to heat water in the kitchen and bathroom.
(Source: Environment Agency - Using Water Wisely)
...so if you try to be more efficient when showering, bathing and washing up, you can save even more money.
- In half an hour, a garden sprinkler uses as much water as a family of four in a day.
(Source: DETR)
- A garden sprinkler uses 1,000 litres of water an hour - that's nearly one pint for every 2 seconds it is in operation.
(Source: Southern Water website)
- Using a hose to wash your car wastes up to 300 litres or 33 bucketsful of water.
(Source: Southern Water website)
- By 2080 annual rainfall in England and Wales will have increased by 0-10%; in Scotland by 5-20%. However, there will be reductions in summer rainfall over much of England and Wales by 10-20%, when demand is also at its highest.
(Source: UK Climate Impacts Programme - Climate Scenario Report)
- The probability of summer rainfall being less than half of required levels could increase from once every century to once every 10 years.
(Source: UK Climate Impacts Programme - Climate Scenario Report)
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