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Monday, October 4, 2010

Water Usage

I found out about how much water is used at my house per day. The toilet, it's not fancy or brand new or anything. It's a high volume model, about 26 liters per flush. It's flushed about 4 times a day. That's 104 liters per day. The shower, it's usually at an average of 2 liters per minute. With 7 minute showers and 2 showers a day, it all adds up to 28 liters per day. The faucet, I usually run it at about 1 liter per minute. I take about 2 minutes brushing my teeth and 3 minutes for drinking water. That is 5 minutes a day. At 1 liter per minute that's 5 liters a day. The dishwasher, about 2 loads a week and 60 liters a load goes up to 120 liters a week. Which is about 16.8 liters a day. The clothes washer, about 5 loads a week and 144 liters a load. That end's up being 720 liters a week. That's about 102.24 liters a day. All of this water usage ends up being a total of 238.54 liters a day.

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