{"id":2129,"date":"2009-04-29T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:23:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:23:35","slug":"every-drop-counts-slashes-your-water-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/04\/29\/every-drop-counts-slashes-your-water-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Drop Counts Slashes Your Water Use"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some of us (ahem) have a serious addiction to long, hot showers. It’s hard to gauge the impact of a shower while you’re taking it—the water just seems to flow from some neverending source. But drought<\/a> is a problem in many areas, which is why the Every Drop Counts Water Meter is such a handy device. According to Every Drop Counts designer Ulrik Svenningson, “Based on cost allocation technology that has proven to save between 20 and 30 percent of heating consumption where applied combined with a known method for detecting water leakages, this new concept for water metering has a host of advantages over traditional water meters.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In other words, being forced to pay attention to your water consumption will probably make you use less water.<\/p>\n
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\nThe meter works by clamping onto your water pipe and relaying relevant information (how much water you use, where you use it, tap water temperature) to a detachable device.<\/p>\n