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Water and Toilet Facts     U.S Seasonal Drought Outlook



The North American households included in this study use approximately 146,000 gallons annually. Of this amount, 42 percent (61,300 gallons) is used indoors.


  • In households not utilizing water-efficient fixtures, toilets used the most water on a daily basis (20.1 gallons per person perday). Clothes washers were the second largest water users (15 gallons per person per day) and showers were third (13.3 gallons per person day).

  USE

GALLONS
PER CAPITA

PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL DAILY USE

Showers

12.6

17.3%

Clothes Washers

15.1

20.9%

Diswashers

1.0

1.3%

Toilets

20.1

27.7%

Baths

1.2

2.1%

Leaks

10.0

13.8%

Faucets

11.1

15.3%

Others Domestic Uses

1.5

2.1%

American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Residential End Use Water Summary, 1999:

If all U.S. households installed water-saving features, water use would decrease by 30 percent, saving an estimated 5.4 billion gallons per day. This would result in dollar-volume savings of $11.3 million per day or more than $4 billion per year.

The United States Geological Survey:
How much water does the average residence use during a year? 107,000 gallons
How much water does an individual use daily? 50 gallons
What does a person pay for water on a daily basis? National average is 25 cents

WASTING WATER IS EASY: COMMON MEASURES


If a leak has a continuous flow of:

It wastes the following number of gallons in:

 

1 Hour

1 Day

1 Bill Period*

1 Year

1 cup (1/16 gal) per minute

4

90

5,400

32,850

1 pint (1/8 gal) per minute

8

180

10,800

65,700

1 quarte (1/4 gal) per minute

15

360

21,600

131,400

2 Liters (about 1/2 gal)/minute

32

761

45,649

277,698

1 gallon perminute

60

1,440

86,400

525,600

* Based on 60 days average per billing period, 365 days/year.


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