WaterSense helps save 5.3 trillion gallons of water in 15 years
Over the last 15 years, consumers and businesses have saved 5.3 trillion gallons of water, or the amount of water used by all U.S. households for 200 days, by selecting WaterSense-labeled products. In 2020 alone, WaterSense-labeled toilets, faucets, showerheads, urinals, spray sprinkler bodies and irrigation controllers saved more than 968 billion gallons of water.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created WaterSense — a voluntary program that is both a label for water-efficient products and homes and a resource for people to save water — in 2006. WaterSense and its more than 2,000 utility, manufacturer, retail, builder, nongovernmental and other organizational partners have been working together for more than 15 years to produce and promote water-saving products, homes, and programs.