Actual Water Usage:
The average of actual water
usage for the past three months came out to 5,700 gallons per month, 1425
gallons per person/month and 48 gallons/day per person.
By Month:
June - 5,700 gallons
July - 5,800 gallons
August - 5,600 gallons
1) First, I added my last 3
water bills then divided it by 3
5,700 + 5,800 + 5,600 / 3 =
5,700 gallons/month
2) After I got my average from
the last three months, I took that average and divide it by the number of
individuals stay in my house.
5,700 / 4 = 1425
gallons/person/month
3) Now to find out the average
daily consumption of water per person I took the average consumption of water
used per person for an entire month and divided it by 30 days.
1425 / 30 = 48
gallons/person/day
Results:
The average person in my household uses 48 gallons per day.
According to my last three water bills my water consumption is 55 % less than
the average household. The EPA states the average household uses 88 gallons per
day. (EPA.gov) This surprised me because I thought I would be closer to EPA average but
I'm glad that its half of that. I used two online household calculators to
measure my average water consumption and compare them to my actual water bill.
The first one I used was P.U.D from Chelan County which had me, and the
individuals in my household closer to the EPA average. This calculator had an
increase of 152 % from my actual water bill. This calculator goes more in-depth
asking question like how many gallons are in your washer, and how many times it
runs throughout the week. The second online household calculator I used had 11
gallons less than my actual water bill and was not in-depth as the first
calculator but asked questions like if I had a newer dishwasher or high energy
efficient washer. The percentage of this calculator to my actual water bill was
a 23% percent decrease of my actual water bill.
Go forward I'm going to monitor my household water consumption
much closer and take different measures to lower the amount of water I'm using.
Some of these steps would be to take faster showers, maximize the amount of
clothes in my washer, turn off the water when I'm either brushing my teeth or
washing my face, and fill up both sides of the sink to wash and risen instead of
allowing the water to continue to run. Living in the United States allows us to
have access to running water, and after doing this activity it allows us to
open our eyes to see how much water we use, and that we should not abuse it
because other parts of the world are not as fortunate as we are.
Cited Work:
EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/watersense/understanding-your-water-bill.
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