Here are some interesting figures regarding household water usage:
- The average homeowner uses 168 gallons of water per day to do everything from flushing toilets to washing clothes in a home without high efficient washers.
- Toilets and faucets use about 1.5 gallons per minute.
- In many areas, the amount of water used for lawn care significantly raises drinking water consumption.
- Homes with high efficiency use substantially less per day (approximately 50-75 gallons).
- Ideally, individuals should not be using more than 5,040 gallons per month.
- A family of four will use about 20,000 gallons of water in a month in a standard home- with teenagers the number goes up.
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