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The fine art of saving water
Save money whilst protecting the environment! Conservation should not be tedious and grey. With AquaClic it becomes a colorful pleasure, that even saves money. Discover here: • why it is important to use water wisely, even in regions with plenty of it, • how you can save a lot of energy and • how each one of us can contribute in an easy and pleasant way to an environmentally sound lifestyle. Enjoy the new Eco Lifestyle with AquaClic! Paul Curty
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Instructions Page 29 Hotline help@aquaclic.com * www. aquaclic.com +41 (0)44-310 85 42; Fax: 43
The reserves of drinking water would fit in a cube with a side length of 154 km (aproximately the dimensions of Big Island, Hawaii)
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Source: «Natur, CH»
75% of the earth's surface consists of water…
‌ but only 0.3% is drinking water! For millions of years the water quantity on our planet has remained the same. There will never be less water, but neither will there ever be more of it. However, it is the water quality where we can make a difference.
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Losses 13% 6
Source: SVGW/SSIGE, Swiss Gas and Water Industry Association
Division of the national water consumption: Public use 9% Households 58% Industry businesses 20%
Most of the water is used in households Hmm – so it would be useful, if I, as a private frog, would care about how much water I use...
‌ and , at the same time I would save on energy and money (for heating the water). 7
670 l
We can only dream of such luxury‌
500 l
250 l 150 l
200 l 150 l 100 l 50 l 8
USA
AUS
IT
CH+SE
FR
UK
ES
DE
Sudan
Source: OECD. *without external consumption (e.g. work, leisure activities).
Daily water consumption per person at home*
Let me see ‌ a five minute shower with 18 litres per minute* already makes 90 litres!
29% 20% 19% 15% 13%
*depending on the type of shower head and the water pressure in your area, the water flow varies between 18 and 25 litres per minute. It may even surpass these figures.
How we consume water in the household:
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The natural water cycle is disrupted
evaporation
pollutants
toxic waste 10
atmosphere
soil ground water
rain, snow
Human beings use water faster then it can renew itself within the natural water cycle and they pollute it in many different ways. However, everybody could start to make a difference.
pollutants 11
Drinking water requires a lot of money and energy I treat it to get drinking water.
I distribute it to the houses.
I pump the water up. 12
We use the water.
I clean the dirty water.
A hot shower needs more energy than you would think To get warm water you need more energy than all of the home appliances put together. In addition to that, one should add the energy consumption for treatment, transport and cleaning of water. Yearly energy consumption of a family of four (source: electricity office, Winterthur, CH)
250 500
1000
2000
in kWh
4000
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A few ideas how to use water and energy more wisely Take a shower instead of a bath!
Do not pre-rinse dishes, run the dishwasher only when you have a full load.
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When doing the laundry, do always a full load.
Use a lid when cooking, it saves 30% energy.
Do not let the water run unnecessarily whilst brushing your teeth, shaving, showering.
Keep a jug of water in the fridge instead of running the tap for cold drinks.
Have dripping taps and leaky cisterns repaired immediately.
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Water used to produce food and other products tin can: 40 litres
a magazine: 30 litres
1 kg rice: 1’900* litres
petrol for a 60-litretank: 3000 litres 16
leaking cistern: 20’000 litres per year (approx. 130 baths) 1 kg 1 litre of potatoes: beer: 500 20 litres litres
production of one 1 sheet car: 380’000 litres of paper, non-recycled: 0.5 litre
a plastic bag: 15 litres 1 kg chicken: 3’500 litres*
1 kg beef*:
100’000 litres *Prof. D.Pimentel Cornell Univ.USA
Source: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
dripping tap (1 drop per second): 6000 litres per year
The ecological footprint of orange juice Artificial watering (and evaporation) of the plantations in Florida.
The oranges are washed.
The juice is reduced (with steam) into an 8% concentrate. In our area the concentrate is diluted again.
1’000 litres of water and 2 litres of petrol* were needed for one litre of orange juice. *energy for transport, machine harvest, heating and watering of the plantations 17
The EcoLifestyle Tip: Embellish your taps with AquaClic!
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Its modern technology reduces the water and energy consumption by half and its stylish appearance reminds everyone automatically to deal more wisely with our most important resources: water and energy. AquaClic fits on every standard tap.
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Instead of 10 - 17 litres per minute, only 6 litres of water will pass trough a tap with Aqua Clic – no matter how much you open the tap. In addition, you will experience a gain in comfort...
water flow per minute, litres
AquaClic, how it works: 20
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10 - 17 litres /min. 5
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6 litres/min. 1/4 1/2 3/4 max. extent to which a tap is open
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More comfort with
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I enjoy the full and soft water spray that does not splash. An extra benefit that even enhances hygiene: its special filter slows lime scale build up, and I will have to clean it approx. 12 times less than a conventional metal filter. And –, it will never rust! 20
Take your shower as usual – but save half the water Shower with «ClicDouche» or «Elégance!» Although you will use only half the water with these good looking showerheads, you will be pleasantly surprised by their luxuriant and sparkling spray. The new «Elégance» even includes additional wellness features! Very useful: both showerheads stay free of lime scale. 21
Stop wasting drinking water and use the WC-Stop! Nobody needs a full cistern* every time he or she flushes the toilet. Usually 2-3 litres are enough. The Clic-WC-Stop allows you to release just the necessary amount of water.
*Depending on its age a cistern holds between 6 and 12 litres of (drinking) water. 22
The WC-Stop is easily installed.
Four instant results with AquaClic: You protect the environment actively! A family of four saves in a year approx.: 70’000 litres and 1 ’000 kWh, the equivalent of leaving a bedside lamp on for 4.5 years. Reduce costs costs*: with the Clic-Set a family of 4 saves per year, approx. *fresh+waste water: € 175/US$ 200 water € 2.50/US$ 3 per m € 125/US$ 150 energy € -.12/US$ 0.15 per kWh of energy € 300/US$ 350 total 3
Decoration Aqua Clic beautifies your taps and adds a witty touch to your bath and kitchen. Gain in comfort: delightful spray, anti-lime and long lasting products. 23
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: advertise effectively on 20 cm2!
Individual AquaClic AquaClic is an attractive advertising tool to create or emphasize the ecological image of companies, municipalities or associations. Create your personalised AquaClic (as of 100 pieces) and use it as a client gift or as an appealing sales article. Install it to all your taps – there are also anti theft models available for public taps.
Have your employees benefit from your corporate rates rates! They will be able to order AquaClic products at special prices via internet, without any administrative work for you. 24
We offer for schools, communities and non profit organizations: Educational material* on We co-organise design water and energy with praccompetitions – the wintical exercises and explananing creation will be retory script. *at present only in produced on your town’s German / Switzerland individual AquaClic. A fountain to demonstrate AquaClic and test how one can wash hands and shower with only half the amount of water.
We help co-ordinate ecoevents, e.g. a water day in your town, where Aqua Clics can be given or sold as a practical saving tool.
Commission*: we provide you with a choice of Clic, you pay only for what you sell and pass the benefit e.g. to an environmental institution.
Instead of collecting money: sell AquaClic and share your gains with lsocial or environmental organisations!
*le.g. Münsingen, CH donated sFr.5 per sold product to an African water project
Some ideas for enhancing sustainability
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– the products at a glance
AquaClic: «objet d’art» to beautify taps in kitchens and bathrooms It reduces with style and fun wawer than conventional metal filtter and energy consumption by res. Available in more than 100 half. You will experience a gain in designs from various artists and comfort as it calcifies 12 times slodesign competitions in schools. ClicDouche: the good-looking showerhead that does not calcify Millions of tiny droplets form this amount of water from 7 to 11 l per full and sparkling spray. Instead min. Its special construction guaof 18 - 25 litres per min. of a regurantees to remain free of lime scalar showerhead you can chose the le for a minimum of three years.
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ClicFlex: no tangling, no PVC This extra strong shower hose is 175 cm, very hygienic and antitangling. In white or silver, to match the «Elégance».
WC-Stop: Upgrade WC’s within seconds with a stop handle: less waste of water, shorter flush and refilling noise.
Stainless steel: sturdy and classy Sélection InoxClic: for refined elegance Of highest quality in stainless nothing will inhibit its longevity. steel, the InoxClic works like the InoxClic are available in various AquaClic. As with AquaClic, avoid artistic designs of anthrazite copliers and cleaning vinegar, and loured ceramic. AquaClic Elégance: stylish showerhead in finely crafted Inox «Elégance» is of a unique design head for kneipp-style and produces an invigorating spray therapies and its new – with only half the water! In an indraining system prestant you convert it into a showervents lime scale. Robinet Inox: an exclusive tap Not only does it impress by its extraordinary design but also by its practicality, especially in the kitchen. Chromed or brushed nickel.
GiroClic: practical This ball-and-socket joint rotates gently and allows every corner of the basin to be reached. 27
Standard packages and gift boxes
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ClicBox The blue or grey Clic-Box contains one, two or three AquaClic of the color or Inox edition.
ClicFlex Combi This box contains the shower hose ClicFlex, with or without the showerhead ClicDouche.
ClicPack In this practical combi pack you will find the water saving ClicDouche as well as one, two or three AquaClic.
Industrial box of 10 and 500 AquaClic for equipping the taps in companies, municipalities or flats.
Elégance Set This beautiful set holds one showerhead Elégance with silver coloured hose and one to three InoxClic for taps.
ClicBox Cadeau Elegant gift box to present one, two or three AquaClic or InoxClic.
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Instructions – AquaClic fits on every standard tap, e.g.:
two-handle tap with external thread
with ball-and-socket joint with hose
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single-handle tap
internal thread Pullout shower for kitchen: A) with thread, B) without thread. In case A) just fix it to the tap, In case B) ask for our B special Adapter Cuisine.
instructions
Simple and fast installation Remove the present aerator and rubber gasket from the tap. If blocked by limescale, use pliers but wrap a damp cloth around it, see also p.34. Your tap has an external thread: a. Remove the black universal adapter from the AquaClic. b. Screw the AquaClic on to the tap. Your tap has an internal thread: a. Don’t remove the black universal adapter or gasket from the AquaClic. b. Screw it into the tap. 29
approx. 17 mm
approx. 20 mm
Measure with these marks
Some taps require a special adapter, which you can get with us or with your AquaClic distributor. If the tap has: - another size than those presented on page 29, Measure it! - an external thread, A A. the tap is smaller than the AquaClic, approx. 17 mm: ask for a 3/8� adapter. B. the tap is larger than the AquaClic, approx. 20 mm: B ask for the 1/2�-adapter. For other cases contact our hotline via phone, fax, homepage or e-mail. 30
Care and maintenance 1 2
gasket to adapter universal adapter
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internal gasket
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water saver, pressure compensating regulator), 6 l /min.
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Vinegar
Cleaning vine gar
filter AquaClic in colour or Inox
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*never use with hot water systems such as "instantaneous water heater�
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instructions
ClicDouche Remove the actual showerhead, connect it to the hose: standard quantity of 11 litres per minute.
Large cone: 11 l/min., small cone: 7 l/min., disc with 2 holes: strong spray. Disc with 12 holes: a more gentle spray.
Variate! With the included accessories you can change the quantity of water and type of jetspray yourself:
There are four jet variations; if you turn the glossy side of the disc towards the interior, you will have even eight possibilities.
simply open the shower head by unscrewing it in the middle, exchange cone and disc. Place the glossy side of the disc to the outside.
The ClicDouche increases the pressure: use it only with an intact shower hose, don’t use it with an «instantaneous waterheater» without pressure.31
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AquaClic Elégance
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Remove the current shower head, connect it to the hose. It is ready now to shower with the predefined 12 litres per minute.
For your hydro treatments: open the Elégance in the middle, you will experience a rich and soft gush that will strengthen body and soul.
The additional flow regulator allows you to even increase your savings:
Elégance empties automatically and stops dripping immediately after a shower. No stale water – no limescale – a very hygienic solution. This new type of water outlet also resists limescale buildup. The protecting ring softens the impact, should the Elégance ever fall into the tub.
open the bayonet joint in the middle of the Elégance and replace the red flow regulator (12 litres) by the blue one at 10 l per minute.
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instructions
AquaClic-WC-Stop A
If you have a visible cistern: unscrew or unlatch the cistern lid.
2.
If not, a. fix the second part of the WC-Stop to the first, b. hang it into the overflow tube, done!
B
If you have a concealed cistern: a. slide the cover-screen up, b. unscrew the frame below.
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Use the flush actuator shortly for a small flush of 2-3 l. If you need the entire volume: don’t release the handle until all is gone.
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a. Hang the top of the WCStop into the overflow tube. b. test, if the flushing process stops 1-2 seconds after activating the flush handle.
Don’t use it with a high hanging cistern. Brush the WC more often than usual but without cleaner to prevent deposits. 33
Tips and tricks Hygiene Even if you don’t save water (yet), we recommend the following: one to two times per year, open taps and showers to the maxi-
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mum for some minutes, with aerator or showerhead removed. This will wash out rust and other deposits of your pipes.
If the black adapter is If an aerator is clogged with limestuck: release it using scale: wrap it with a towel soaked a hexagon key, a clowith vinager over night. Than thes peg or a folding knock lightly with a hammer for yardsstick. the limescale to loosen. To check how much you are saving A. Fill a bucket with water using B. Repeat the same procedure your former tap or showerusing AquaClic, ClicDouche or A-B x 100 head and check how many ElĂŠgance. seconds it takes. Your savings in %: A more tips at: www.aquaclic.com
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Cité de l’énergie
AquaClic complies to the international label GEEA, «Group for Energy Efficient Appliances» as well as to the SGWI, the «Swiss Gas and
Water Industry Association». An ecobalance has been made for AquaClic (based on ISO 14040). The Clics are recommended by WWF Switzerland in the guide the ecological habitat.
Special Clics have been designed for the Swiss Federal Programme «Energy Cities». AquaClics are produced in Switzerland.
The materials are chosen according to maximum environmental standards and based on components from Switzerland, Germany and Denmark.
AquaClic® and EcoLifestyle® are registered Trade Marks of Aqua Art Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland. This booklet may be reproduced with
written permission. ©2004, Illustrations: Daniel Sidler, Manuela Uebelhart. Printed on 100% recycled paper Envirostar. Issued in de, fr, it, en, es. Subject to errors, omissions or change. 35
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Made in Switzerland
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