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Save water & energy with Neoperl
Record temperatures and a severe lack of rain has caused water shortages across the UK this summer , what better time to take action to save water in your establishment and save the energy used to heat it .
Neoperl UK is a manufacturer of water stream devices and flow regulators . They are precisionmade devices that can be inserted at the end of a tap spout or upstream of a shower outlet , to reduce and regulate the water flow without reducing performance .
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As water pressure fluctuates throughout the country , it ’ s impossible to produce a tap or valve shower to work with the same efficiency in every commercial kitchen or hotel bedroom . Manufacturers therefore produce new taps and shower heads with optimal performance to work their best across all pressure situations . Now the flow can be tailored to a situation by retrofitting aerators and flow regulators to save water . There ’ s no point in having a strong flow rate if the tap is only used for washing teeth and hands or to have a shower that literally splashes out of the enclosure . These retrofit products allow the performance to be checked on site and adjusted to suit , ensuring a comfortable and suitable flow is reached . This is particularly important where rows of washbasins or multiple showers are prevalent . A Pressure Compensating Aerator ( PCA ) or flow regulator will help distribute the water more evenly throughout the building to mitigate flow issues from the effects of pressure fluctuations .
Shower flow control
A standard European shower head will produce around 18 litres of water per minute at 3 bar of pressure . A flow regulator like these could reduce this to a comfortable flow and dependant on the specified flow rate , save thousands of litres of water per year .
Bathroom tap pressure compensating aerators ( pca ’ s )
A tap aerator adds air to the water flow creating a soft comfortable stream that feels plentiful and prevents splashing . A choice of flow shapes can be selected , and it ’ s a 5-minute job to replace the incumbent anti-clogging or stream control device in place , with a flow regulator . They are also available with ‘ smart limescale clean ’ nozzles to prevent limescale build up too .
Kitchen taps too
It ’ s always been harder to save water in a catering kitchen with the need to quickly fill pans for cooking or sinks for washing up . However , there are retrofittable aerators that can be switched from a standard water saving flow to full capacity in an instant allowing the tap to be on eco-mode for general use but boosted to a fuller flow when required .
Fitting is easy
It takes just a few minutes to fit an aerator in a tap or flow regulator in a valve shower and yet it can literally save thousands of litres of water each year . For the taps , the first job is to work out which product is required and which tool to remove the existing stream control . The new pressure compensating aerator is then placed and re-screw back into the spout end . To make a shower run more efficiently is a similar exercise by fitting a flow regulator upstream of the outlet . It is not recommended to fit an electric shower with these flow regulators as they will already be in place at the point of manufacture .
Check out the Neoperl full range at www . neoperl . com or talk to them on 01684-564869 .
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