Thursday, September 15, 2022

Activity 2.2.1 - My daily water use



1. My water bill from the month of June - August. My use is 7730.36 gallons/month on average. 

2. The household use per month is 2576.6 gallons

3. The use per person per month is 85.5 per person.

4. Three bills from San Antonio Water system June - August. 
11969.6+8977.2+2244.3=23191.1/3 months = 7730.36 gallons /month on average. 

7730.36/3=2576.6 gallons/per person per month.

2576.6/30= 85.8 per day per person. 


 

 Name of water calculator                         URL                             My Per Person Usage                            

My San Antonio Water Bill                          N/A                              85.5 gallons/day per person

5. Homewaterworks   Water Calculator | Home Water Works (home-water-works.org)  106 gallons/day per person 

6.Water footprint calculator            Household (watercalculator.org)            15.38 gallons/day per person


The US average gallons used per person per day using the household calculator is 11 gallons and my use is 65 gallons per person in a household of 3. The water footprint calculator is 15 gallons per person household which is a lot lower than what my current use per day. The two online water calculators used to see the water use slightly use different data to capture the usage for either household or footprint. 

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