Water Usage - Where Your Water Goes

A family of four uses an average of 225 gallons of water a day.  Seventy (70) gallons of this is hot water.  The average water usage for a single person is fifty-six (56) gallons of water a day.  Below is a list of water consumptions.

Conventional Toilet - 4 to 5 gallons per flush

Water Saving Toilet - 3.5 gallons per flush

Shower (5 minutes) - 150 gallons

Full Bath - 20 to 30 gallons

Half Bath - 10 to 15 gallons

Washing Machine - 25 to 35 gallons

Dishwasher - 11-16 gallons

Hand Wash Dish (each time) - 9-14 gallons

Car Washing (one hour) - 1,600 gallons

Cleaning House - 3 to 9 gallons

Food Preparation - 5 gallons

                                               CONSUMPTION DUE TO LEAKS

                                                  (100 POUNDS OF PRESSURE)

                      A LEAK THIS SIZE -WILL WASTE-THIS MANY GALLONS

SIZE                                               PER DAY                                           PER MONTH

1/32" (drip,drip,drip)                 320 (will fill 8-10 bathtubs)                9,600

1/16"                                             1,685                                                         50,500   

1/8"                                                6,725                                                      201,750   

1/4"                                                26,928                                                   807,840                                                

A few drops of food coloring in the tank of the toilet will detect invisible leaks.

The color shows up in the bowl without flushing, it indicates a leaking toilet.