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2. For some affluent homeowners, private fire hydrants are in ...

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   Customers purchase what they need a la carte — a combination of jacket hoses, nozzles, valves and adapters that, when assembled, vastly increases the water flow rate from a homeowner’s outdoor ...

3. Residential water use in the U.S. and Canada - Wikipedia

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   In an average home, showering is the second largest water use after toilets. The average shower uses 15.8 gallons (59.7 liters) and lasts for 7.7 minutes at average flow rate of 2.1 gallons per minute (gpm) (7.9 liters per minute). [1] On average, in a household of average size (2.65 persons) 12.4 showers are taken each week.

4. Garden hose - Wikipedia

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   A garden hose in a cartoon from 1916. The alternative term "hosepipe" is a chiefly British, South African, and southern US usage; "hose" or "garden hose" is the predominant term in other English-speaking areas. The term "hose" is also used for other types of flexible, water-carrying tubes such as fire hose used by fire departments.

5. Water metering - Wikipedia

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   A compound meter is used where high flow rates are necessary, but where at times there are also smaller rates of flow that need to be accurately measured. Compound meters have two measuring elements and a check valve to regulate flow between them. At high flow rates, water is normally diverted primarily or completely to the high flow element.

6. Tap (valve) - Wikipedia

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   Its rate is independent of the viscosity or temperature of the fluid or gas in the pipe, and depends only weakly on the supply pressure, so that flow rate is stable at a given setting. At intermediate flow settings the pressure at the valve restriction drops nearly to zero from the Venturi effect ; in water taps, this causes the water to boil ...

7. 11 alternative uses for a garden hose - AOL

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   There comes a day when a garden hose has been mended so often it is ready to retire. But rather than chuck it into the trash, why not put it to other uses? Here are 11 suggestions for using that ...