What is normal shower flow rate?

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asked Jan 1, 2021 in Other-Home/Garden by Krhoa (600 points)
What is normal shower flow rate?

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answered Nov 24, 2021 by zitazun (1,700 points)
A normal shower flow rate is 2.1 gallons per minute.

The average American shower uses 17.2 gallons (65.1 liters) and lasts for 8.2 minutes at average flow rate of 2.1 gallons per minute (gpm) (7.9 lpm).

A maximum of 2.5 GPM is the federally mandated flow rate for new shower heads.

This means no more than 2.5 gallons of water should flow out each minute.

With a low-flow showerhead, 175 minutes of showering uses just 262 gallons of water.

Which means you save about 60 percent every month.

Translate that to yearly figures, and a 1.5 gpm showerhead uses just over 3,100 gallons of water versus over 5,200 with a 2.5 gpm model.

What is a high pressure shower head? A high pressure shower head is designed to deliver higher water pressure with the same amount of water flow.

This is achieved through either adjustable spray settings or a pressure chamber design.

Low flow aerators reduce the amount (but not the pressure) of water coming from faucets.

Their flow rates range from 0.5-2.0 gallons of water per minute.

Low flow shower heads follow this same concept, except with the shower. Many of these shower heads are also self-cleaning.

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