Activity 2.2.1 My Water Usage

 Task #1

average: 28,702 sep. + 34,002 nov. + 32002 dec. = 94706/3 = 31,568 gallon/month on average 

person per month use: 31568/6 people = 5261 gallons/person/month

gallons per day a person: 5261/30 days = 175 gallons/person/day

calculator used: Casio- Scientific Calculator- fx-260 solar II

Water calculator #1

Chelan County 

https://www.chelanpud.org/conservationhome/water-conservation/water-use-calculator#resultsBottom


per person per day: 3306 house use a day/6 people = 551 gallons per person per day 


Water calculator #2

Home Water Works

https://home-water-works.org/calculator

gallons per person per day: 50 gallons


I used my parents' water bills from September, November, and December, and they exceeded

the average American household water use. The average American household uses 300 gallons per day,

and my household, on average, from these three bills, uses 1050 gallons per day. Now, considering that,

on average, the American household consistently has 2-3 people living in the house and my parent's house

has six people, I think it makes more sense and might be more understandable. However, even then, it is still

over the average. I honestly wasn't surprised by the high number because children are living in the house who

take multiple baths daily and having children means that things get stained and messy, so more laundry and more

dishes. My parents ' house also has a pool, and the children like to water the plants, so even though the plants have

enough water, the children are not done having fun watering the plants. Even though there are many moving parts to

this household, I still think that it is possible to practice some water-saving skills like using water-saving faucet

heads or turning off the water while brushing your teeth, just being all around more mindful, especially with kids

being in the house it makes them more aware of what they are doing and how it affects everything else around them.

Using the water calculators and looking at the actual water bills made me realize how unaware I was of my actual

water use. Seeing the difference in numbers was a shocker. 


Other sources:

Scavetta, Alyssa. Aquasana, www.aquasana.com/info/average-water-usage-in-the-united-states-pd.html?srsltid=AfmBOorWX4Fh0dde6z3gZgJLsMZOyBV97vI7jI6KNAiWISiNv8cuOmWk.

Statista, Nov. 2023, www.statista.com/statistics/183648/average-size-of-households-in-the-us/.


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