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Drought: Science reporter explores naked truth of Navy Showers and Space Baths
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May 30, 2015
Drought: Science reporter explores naked truth of Navy Showers and Space Baths
Find out how much water Sanden Totten saved by taking a Navy shower, and then hear his interview with an astronaut to find out how much water, it turns out, he wasted.
KPCC science reporter Sanden Totten
KPCC science reporter Sanden Totten
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Find out how much water Sanden Totten saved by taking a Navy shower, and then hear his interview with an astronaut to find out how much water, it turns out, he wasted.

Sanden Totten, KPCC's science reporter, took one for the team the other day. Took a shower, that is.

With his girlfriend holding the mike and the stopwatch, Sanden tried a Navy shower - using water only when needed (wetting hair, rinsing), and shutting it off when not needed (lathering hair, scrubbing between toes).

Find out how much water he saved compared to a regular shower, and then hear his interview with an astronaut to find out how much water, it turns out, he wasted.