Saving Time Shower

Saving the World One Shower at a Time
The scientist and the participants are trying to do their part in saving the environment with cutting their shower times. The scientist chose this topic to reduce the amount of water the scientist and the participants use during the shower. Showers, toilets, and washing machines are the most wasteful when it comes to water. The average American shower per participant uses an average of 17.2 gallons of water each time the participants showers (1).The scientist will calculate the shower time along with the participants showers time for two months. The first month the scientist calculated the shower times as the control. The second month the scientist and the participants cut back the shower time from month one as the independent variable. The scientist calculates the shower time every other day. The scientist’s hypothesis is, “Is if the scientists and the participants time the length of the participants showers and the scientist shower during the first month than the scientists and the participants time will decrease to save more water.”
Materials Used
Stop watch/timer
Shower
Journal for tracking data
Procedure
*During Month One*
Start the stopwatch or timer as soon as the scientist or the participant's turn on …show more content…
Every Time the toilet flushes, the toilet uses anywhere from 3.5 to 7 gallons of water if you have an older toilet. If the participants are using a newer toilet, they can only use up to 1.6 gallons per flush(2). For one load of laundry, older top-loading machines used to use 40 gallons of water to wash a full load of clothes. Newer standard models use 27 gallons, and more efficient Energy Star washers can use 14 gallons per wash.