Estimating your groundwater needs.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that indoor water use averages 80 to 100 gallons per day for each person:
The largest household use of water is flushing toilets, followed by showers and baths. The daily use per person can drop dramatically by installing water saving devices! Estimating your groundwater needs is easy with the following list of average usage :
Water use:
A full tub is about 36 gallons.
One shower will use 2–2.5 gallons per minute and older shower heads can use as much as 4 gallons per minute!
Brushing your teeth can use more than 1 gallon of precious water, especially if water is left on while brushing.
Newer bathroom faucets use about 1 gallon per minute, while older models use more than 2 gallons!
Washing your hands and face uses 1 gallon of water.
Shaving your legs uses 1 gallon of water or more!
The dishwasher uses 20 gallons per load, depending on the efficiency of your dishwasher. Dish washing by hand can use 4 gallons per minute for older faucets.And newer kitchen faucets use about 1–2 gallons per minutes.
A Clothes washer uses 25 gallons per load for newer washers.
An older models use about 40 gallons per load. Flushing the toilet uses 3 gallons for older models. But most new toilets use 1.2–1.6 gallons per flush.
Glasses of water drunk 8 oz. per glass and outdoor watering can use 2 gallons per minute!
Lincoln county is in a drought emergency situation! It is critical that we all do our part to conserve water ! We can not be wasteful! Check out our post for some great water saving tips!http://pumprollc.com/water-conservation-basics/