|In article , | HowieC wrote: |> |If you want to reduce the amount of water you are using, then you need |> |to reduce the flow, not the pressure, this can be done by simply |> |turning your main stop-c*ck off a bit. | |> Yes. done this. But I still get a fast flow from the cold taps. | |Then turn it down further. Since it can cut off the supply it follows you |can reduce the flow to what suits you.
Yes, but if two or more items need water at the same time, it makes them TOO slow.
|> I'm fairly sure that reducing mains pressure will reduce the |> volume of water used per second. Is this not so? | |I'm trying to think of what circumstances warrants this? Are people in |your household leaving water running unnecessarily? But it seems to me few |would do this with high pressure and the tap full on - they'd get splashed |with water.
So, is it true that less water runs through a tap if the pressure is reduced, or not?
I am thinking of such things as mixer showers (which have a very strong cold flow), taps running whilst cleaning teeth, etc.