Inexpensive Home Building: Per Capita Daily Water Use

Inexpensive Home Building

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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Per Capita Daily Water Use

From Aquacraft.com:

Mean daily per capita water use, 12 study sites

Fixture/EndUse	Avg. gallons per capita per day	Avg. liters per capita per day	Indoor use percent	Total use percent
Toilet	18.5	70.0	30.9%	10.8%
Clothes washer	15	56.8	25.1%	8.7%
Shower	11.6	43.9	19.4%	6.8%
Faucet	10.9	41.3	18.2%	6.3%
Other domestic	1.6	6.1	2.7%	0.9%
Bath	1.2	4.5	2.0%	0.7%
Dishwasher	1	3.8	1.7%	0.6%
*Indoor Total*	*59.8*	*226.3*	*100.0%*	*34.8%*
Leak	9.5	36.0	NA	5.5%
Unknown	1.7	6.4	NA	1.0%
Outdoor	100.8	381.5	NA	58.7%
TOTAL	171.8	650.3	NA	100.0%

1 Comments:

At 4:56 AM, Anonymous said...: So much! In 2009, the state of Victoria in Australia is campaigning for a per capita daily water use of 155L/day or less...