Low-FlowWhat is it? Low flow faucets are self-explanatory. They use technology as simple as aeration or higher pressure, and as complex as motion detectors for automatic use.
What are the benefits? Low flow faucets can cut water use by fifty percent, helping achieve environmental and economical goals of efficiency. To give an idea of how much water could be saved through low-flow measures alone, an average person in United States uses forty gallons of water per day. Low flow systems can cut that use by twenty gallons.
Twenty gallons multiplied by three hundred million Americans saves 6 billion gallons of water per day, just from low-flow faucets! Achieving two goals (saving water and the energy needed to heat that water) with one technology is a constant design focus for Exup.
Why does Exup use low-flow? Increasing water efficiency creates an immediate benefit in almost every environment on the planet, but especially so in the Exup environments. In high-threat areas, lower water consumption through the use of low flow faucets decreases the amount of water delivered to the camp. Not only does this decrease operating cost, it increases security, both by allowing a camp to be independent longer, and by cutting out visits by non-secure water truck delivery drivers.
Lower flow on a hot water line not only saves water, it saves the energy needed to heat that hot water. This decrease fuel costs, and in a high-threat environment, can decrease security costs because the flow of traffic is lower than a conventional “ trailer and tent ” camp.
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