Culleoka Water Supply Corporation
Water Conservation Facts, Tips & Ideas
- Only 2% of the Earth's water supply is fresh water
- Only 1% of the Earth's water supply is available for drinking water.
- Americans drink about 110,000,000 gallons of water daily.
- If every household in American had a faucet that dripped 1 drop per second, 928,000,000 gallons would be wasted daily.
- On a lot that is 100' x 110' in size, it takes 7,000 gallons of water to equal one inch of rainfall.
- On the average, your washing machine uses about 14% of your total household water consumption. When using an automatic washing machine, 32 to 59 gallons are required per cycle ... wash only a full load to save water.
- On the average, 8% of your household water is used in the kitchen.
- On the average, 75% of your household water is used in the bathroom.
- Showers usually use less water than tub baths.
- A shower head that restricts the amount of flow can reduce your water consumption from about five gallons per minute to two-and-a-half gallons per minute.
- Your commode could be leaking without you knowing. Do this: Add a few drops of food coloring to the water in the tank, but do not flush. Now watch to see if the coloring appears in the bowl within a few minutes. If the color appears, the fixture is leaking water from the tank to the bowl and needs adjustment or repair.
- Running the dishwasher without a full load wastes water, detergent and electricity.
- Water your lawn and shrubs during the cool part of the day ... dawn is better than dusk since this reduces fungus growth. Avoid watering on windy days. Cuts evaporation and can save up to 500 gallons per watering.
- A slow drip can waste as much as 170 gallons of water each and every day and cost about $22.00 per month for the average consumer.
- A 1/16" leak at 60 PSI wastes 800 gallons per day and costs about $102.00 per month.
- A 1/8" leak at 60 PSI wastes 3,000 gallons per day and costs about $432.00 per month.
- A 3/16" leak at 60 PSI wastes 7,000 gallons per day and costs about $1,100.00 per month.
- A 1/4" leak at 60 PSI wastes 13,000 gallons per day and costs about $1,900.00 per month.
- Even a leak at the rate of 1 drop per second wastes 2,700 gallons per year.