Standard monthly water usage

Sazabi · **on:** November 01, 2011, 02:08:08 AM

Just to get an idea of how bloody much water my household goes through monthly, how many gallons (yes gallons, for you litre-lovers

) of water does your household go through?

turnsouth · **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2011, 02:44:10 AM

Averages about 6,000 a month, family of four. I tend to be a water Nazi though, but only because of the cost. Never understood the idea of "water conservation", after all it's our most renewal resource, and every drop that comes out of the ground goes back in (one way or another...).

Interesting fact: During the United States Civil War, for every solider that died in combat, two died behind the lines. Primarily from waterborne diseases.

Sazabi · **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2011, 01:25:38 PM

That is an interesting Civil War factoid, chilly, but interesting.

For a family of three, we used 4,712 gallons last month. :/

turnsouth · **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2011, 02:31:07 PM

Well that seems like a good low number. Average US household use is 69.3 gallons per person per day.

That puts you about 30% below the national average

Carlos · **Reply #4 on:** November 01, 2011, 06:14:11 PM

In Portugal the average water consumption is about 150 l per person per day (39,6gallon), regarding to public water lines only. We, a family of four living on a flat, take about 200 l per person per day (53,9 gallon). On monthly figures this is 20595 l (5441 gallon).

I feel a little bad about this because we could do better (lower consumption), but when there's only one person pushing to it, it's nearly impossible to achieve it.

ryan1835 · **Reply #5 on:** November 01, 2011, 06:47:47 PM

we don't have a water metre fitted so i don't have a clue

turnsouth · **Reply #6 on:** November 01, 2011, 07:17:38 PM

Here's a good one: The city of Charlotte, North Carolina ran a massive media awareness camping to reduce water usage in the municipality. The effort was so effective that water use in the city dropped dramatically. Here's the thing, when the city realized that they would not be able to meet their budget (due to decreased water revenues) they raised the water rates to compensate.

Smurfed if you do, Smurfed if you don't...

Sazabi · **Reply #7 on:** November 01, 2011, 07:35:33 PM

Heh, that's North Carolina for you.

I can say that, as I'm in Hickory.

sawman · **Reply #8 on:** November 02, 2011, 12:48:19 AM

A LOT of water and they charge us up the arsehole

Mercury · **Reply #9 on:** November 02, 2011, 02:12:39 AM

I own a townhouse in a complex of 18. We use a shared water bill for all 18 units, and the cost is built into our HOA fees so we never actually see it. This combined with the fact that only half the units are lived in full time(the others are second homes, I live on the Resort I work for) and we get a heck of a lot of water and never feel the cost! I am the VP of the POA, I see our numbers and we are not even close to going over our per capita usage since 5 of the vacant units see their owners only once a year.