Top Tips – Water – Measuring Flow

Every business needs to know the volumes of water that flows from wash basin taps, showers,
toilets and cisterns. Why?
Because water costs money – and hot water can cost from 4 to 10 times the cost of cold water.
Currently in Ireland businesses are charged from €2.00 to €3.20 per cubic litre of water (1,000 litres).
So a cold water tap in a guest bedroom that has a flow rate of 15 litres per minute that is operated
for 3 minutes per use, 6 times per day (occupied room), @ 100% occupancy will cost you up to €158
– for each occupied room. Reduce the flows to 6 litres per minute and it will cost you €63 – a saving
of €95 – at a cost of a few Euro to install an aerator or nothing if you can reduce the pressure.
If it is a hot water tap using electricity to heat the water the 15 ltr cost will be c. €1,588 and the 6ltr
cost will be €950 – a saving of c. € 638 – per annum – forever! (Can you imagine the costs in your
public bathrooms which are constantly in use)
So, get measuring and start reducing those flows – without impacting on guests comforts or needs.

This article was taken from the greenhospitality.ie