Every 2.7 seconds, Britons flush away enough water to keep a person hydrated for 80 years. In a year, the water we use in our showers could fill a bath twice the height of the Shard, the tallest building in London. In the same period, the water we use in our baths could have kept seven power showers running continuously from the time of the first Egyptian pharaohs until the present day.
The largest survey of Britain’s water use concludes that there is a lot of room for improvement. The Energy Saving Trust surveyed 86,000 households and found that 75