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__Talent 21 Project __ __Hypothesis __ As students we can reduce our ecological footprint on our local environment by saving water in showers, and not wasting so much water. __Showers __ A lot of showers are starting to waste water from people using them too much. To help recycle, we need to take quicker showers and not waste that much water, because it will not help recycle. __Why We Should Help __ We should help because people that take baths or showers will have enough water to take showers. If people continued to take longer showers, than we wouldn’t have any water to use for taking bath or showers. __How Many Gallons Per Minute Does The Average Shower Use? __ Federal regulations mandate new shower heads flow less than 2.5 gallons per minute with a line feed pressure of 80 pounds per square inch. Likewise if you have an older shower head that number will be more around: 45minutes x 4gallons/minute = 180gallons __How much water is used in a shower? __ 15-25 gallons are used in a shower mostly. Taking at least 5 or 10 minute showers, people would only use up to 2.5 gallons of water. **“** Take a shower instead of a bath. Showers use considerably less water. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, a five-minute shower requires 10 to 25 gallons while a full tub holds about 70 gallons of water.” __ When __ March 8th, 2011. __ Why __ So that we can help save our environment from losing and wasting water. People should be taking quicker showers instead of long water-wasting baths because then we will be saving water.