{"id":137032,"date":"2023-10-05T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=137032"},"modified":"2023-10-05T10:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:01:54","slug":"are-you-showering-smart-cobb-county-wants-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=137032","title":{"rendered":"Are You Showering Smart? Cobb County Wants to Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you showering smart? It&#8217;s a question Cobb County officials are encouraging residents to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid the routine rush of soap and rinse, lies a chance to make a notable difference in water consumption. The daily dance with the droplets accounts for a substantial 20 percent of indoor water usage, a figure that has now caught the vigilant eye of Cobb Water system officials and the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking a cue, Cobb County is extending a hand to residents, offering a pathway to smarter showering habits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the water system, a simple switch from an old showerhead to a WaterSense labeled model from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can be a game-changer. And to make this transition smoother, a free indoor water saver kit is available. This kit, more than just a showerhead, includes aerators and leak detector tablets, acting as a trio in your fight against water wastage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cobb County is also reminding residents of its Toilet Rebate Program, an initiative aimed at further reducing household water usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents can dive deeper into these water-saving initiatives, by <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Lyk5ek\">visiting this website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you showering smart? It&#8217;s a question Cobb County officials are encouraging residents to consider. Amid the routine rush of soap and rinse, lies a chance to make a notable difference in water consumption. The daily dance with the droplets accounts for a substantial 20 percent of indoor water usage, a figure that has now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8769],"class_list":["post-137032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-water","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}