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Activity 2.2.1 – My daily water use

 3,097 November, 3,501 December, 1,997 January


3,097+3,501+1,997= 8,595/3 months = 2,865 gallons/month on average


2,865/2= 1432.5/person/month


1432.5/30= 47.75 gallons per day 



Name of Water Calculator

URL

My Per Person Usage

Homewaterworks

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

34.2 gallons/day per person

Cascade Water Alliance

Water Usage Calculator - Cascade Water

129 gallons/day

Per person

Southwest Florida Water Management District  

Water Use Calculator | WaterMatters.org

62 gallons/day 

Per person

    
What is very interesting is that when looking at the average use of waters of gallons it was constantly 200 gallons below the average. The bill then goes on to share how I am currently using less water compared to the same time last year as one individual has moved out during that time. Past this when looking at the average gallons of water used by other sites such as Southwest Florida Water Management District put me at 20 more gallons then what I use per day. I think this can be due in fact to the fact that residents of Floridians have to use more water for the outside or even just everyday consumption as the weather is hotter on average in that state. One particular question I have is why even though Cascade Water Alliance based in New England they estimated my gallon per person was as high as 129 gallons per day when all other sites and water bills had me below average in consumption. Whereas Home Water Works at an even smaller consumption rate. I can only assume this to be based on the state average from its respective citizens. Thinking about these sites further these bills are for households and in my home I only have me and my mother. Perhaps the average number of people in a household is larger compared to my own home making what seems to be normal numbers smaller. This is all purely speculative however I think it may explain why my average is much lower than what 2 out of the 3 sights had calculated for my households' water consumption.









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