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Article: Hot water recirculators gain in popularity.(Water Conservation)
- Article from:
- Reeves Journal
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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Within the past 30 years, residential construction in the western states has exhibited a trend toward placing hot water heaters farther away from where people actually use the hot water. The result? Water is wasted when the user opens the tap to clear out the cold water in the lines and get the hot water flowing from the fixture.
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It is not just an issue of water conservation. There is also the concern that a valuable resource is being put into the sanitary sewer system, where energy is then used to treat the water before discharging it in a cleaned state. There is also the energy that the homeowner's hot water heater uses to heat ...