Free Low Flow Shower Head for Minneapolis/St. Paul Residents
Wednesday July 8, 2009
If you are a CenterPoint Energy residential natural gas heating customer, and your home was built before 1992, you can receive a free low flow shower head.
In most homes, showers account for the most water used, around one-quarter of an adult's total water consumption. A low flow shower head mixes air in with the water to maintain water pressure, but less water is needed to do it. Low flow shower heads cut water usage by about half, and your water bill with it.
Request your low flow shower head at CenterPoint Energy's website. And here's how to install it.
Comments
The low flow showerheads that mix air with water do use less water, but the spray loses more heat than other types of low flow showerheads. So, if the goal is to save energy, aerated showerheads actually use more. The best solution is to use a non-aerated showerhead like the HighSierra or Roadrunner which create a comfortable stream without mixing air and water.
The free showerhead that Centerpoint sent me a couple years ago was a Niagara Earth model, which is non-aerating, and works well. Not sure what model they would send today.