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'Is there a tap version of the two-buttoned loo?' blog discussion

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You are of course quite right...
but my point is that on many taps (including mine) the difference between off and full power is very small. Much like the heating based taps, where you need to consciously think to click to go beyond a certain point... do the same with the amount of water used and I suspect most people wouldn't need more...
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A simple water saving tap mixes air bubbles with the water, prior to it coming out of the tap. When you turn the tap on, it looks like there's lots of water gushing out, but much less water is being used.
The high-tech option (which often utilises the above) is to install motion sensetive taps. A qucik Google for 'infra-red taps' should yeild plenty of results.
I have aerators fitted in my house - this reduces the amount of water used. I also have one in my shower - which is brilliant. This is what the poster above described.
I got them from here- www.nrgsavers.com
I'm not affiliated to the company in any way (other than being a customer!) but they do have some other water saving ideas on there.
http://www.cat.org.uk/information/aboutcatx.tmpl?init=1 don't think they sell them anymore though, anyhow they have a website:
http://www.tapmagic.co.uk/products.html
Of course you could just turn on tap, fill tumbler, and turn off tap.
No idea where they came from, but at least you know they exist.
As for people leaving the tap running while brushing their teeth, I never realised people even did this sort of thing until one day I heard someone advising not to do it as a money saving tip. Maybe it's because I grew up in South Africa where water is a precious resource not to be taken for granted, but I can't understand why anyone would even think of doing this.