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By Ahmad RiazPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

A recent study disproves a decades-old belief that high shower pressure is beneficial for people to use less water. Servers proved their research by installing timers in 290 showers. For decades, the thought is found in every human being that to use less water, the pressure of the shower should be kept low. In fact, after this survey, it was found that keeping the pressure of the shower high will use less water.

A survey was organized by him in view of possible water shortages in the coming days across the world. According to research after research, experts say that a high-pressure shower can be very beneficial in saving water by using less water. While adopting low-flow fixtures can be a valuable strategy for increasing shower efficiency, it shouldn't be the only reason, according to the people surveyed.

The research, which is already in print but not yet peer-reviewed, involved the team installing sensors in 290 showers around the University of Surrey campus. Collected data for a period of According to the researchers, some showers were very long, with an average duration of 6.7 minutes, with half of the showers lasting between 3.3 and 8.8 minutes. "We ruled out any rain for an hour, but believe me it happened," Lane Walk, a professor of environmental psychology at the University of Sonia and co-judge in the Department of Environmental Psychology, said in an app message on X.

Time told an American newspaper that although low-flow showers delivered less water than high-flow showers, high-pressure showers resulted in less consumption because they were faster than low-pressure showers. They said that the best high pressure low flow in the whole world was closed. Having visible timers like the one above can be an added benefit by preventing shower times from creeping up over the weeks. Overall, the team found that showers with both high pressure and a timer use an average of 17 liters of water, while showers with low pressure and no timer use about 61 liters of water. It was also written that with a smart timer water consumption can be saved by about 53%.

Since the research was conducted with respect to industry reliability, the researches say that it is not possible to assess the extent to which these results prove effective for home users. Research is needed to examine why increasing water pressure reduces consumption and to find the point at which higher pressure no longer produces savings in water use.

Another University of Amsterdam environmental psychologist Cameron Brick, who was not involved in the research, said that one of the strengths of the study was that it collected objective data on water use, but reiterated that It is not clear why high blood pressure has been linked to shortfall.

Cameron Brick added that the evidence comes from comparisons between people rather than between individuals.

As I mentioned in the beginning and this is the title of my story that we must take some steps to save water for our future generations. Steps are being taken in this regard which are commendable as well as proud.

The news that has been going on for almost a decade about the depletion of water reserves around the world has left many questions in its place and the effects of the changing ecosystem are also of great concern to us today or tomorrow. It is possible to conduct such an investigation in this period and take some measures by which we can not only save water in abundance for tomorrow but also reduce, if not eliminate, the wastage of water. There will be important steps.

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About the Creator

Ahmad Riaz

I am a journalist, presenter, and author. I am a political reporter of KN news Pakistan. From 2011 until today i have worked for different national and international newspapers, and for different social media and national news channels.

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