Which wastes more water...shower or bath?

Question

A longish shower vs bath...which is better? Or are they equivalent?? Say a 20 minute shower?

Answer 1

A bath tub full of water

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Want to see how much water we or you use when taking a shower

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Pull the tub stopper closed if you are in a bathtub if in a shower stall you will not be able to do this unless it has a good side height that alowes you to

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And see how much water fills up till you are done

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I have done it on numerous times and was shocked at how little water I used while taking a shower

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I can regulate the water pressure to make the shower last for 5 minutes with only 3 inches of water at my feet

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Answer 2

depends what you mean by "waste" ?

After a bath my bath water is all dirty, hence it is hardly wasted.

If half of it was still clean then one could say that half was wasted, not so?

Answer 3

Bath=)

Answer 4

Well, when I take a bath  I have to take a shower after, because you are soaking in dirty water. lol

Answer 5

Bath, because you can take a quick shower and vary the amount of water that comes out... :)

Answer 6

Typically a bath, I have proven not always though, by giving my kids "Shubbies" in the winter instead of tubbies, by doing exactly what someone else has suggested.  While running around with another 3 kids, the tub can fill up faster than you plan.

HOWEVER!  If you want to really not waste water, don't just run a shower, but also install a "gray-water" tank, (and some-sort of a solar charged pump preferably) to either water your lawn, or fill your toilets with the water that drains from your shower.  (That way you also wouldn't have to worry as much about wasting the water from your bath if you rather take one of them instead.)

Answer 7

Bath

SteveC

Answer 8

bath

Answer 9

The long shower will waste more water if the water in the bath is reused, for like watering the grass or for cleaning the floor et cetera.

Answer 10

shower~