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<br />TI-IE OFFICIAL CAPTAIN ~YDRO <br />HOME WATER CONSUMPTION <br />DATA COMPUTATION SHEET <br /> <br />(THI~ DATA COlLECTED WITH THE SURVEY ON PAGE 25,) <br /> <br />One way of comparing your family's water coosumption with others is by figuring out how much waler is <br />used per person (or per capita) in your home every day, Use the following formula to do this, <br /> <br />GALLONS I <br />BILLING <br />PERIOD <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />#OFDAYS <br />IN BILLING <br />PERIOD <br /> <br />AVERAGE <br />DAILY <br />CONSUMPTION <br /> <br /># OF PEOPLE <br />IN HOME <br /> <br />AVERAGE <br />PER CAPITA <br />CONSUMPTION <br /> <br />You can find out how much water you use on your lawn and garden <br />if you use the following formula, <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />= <br /> <br />= <br /> <br /># OF WATERING <br />HOURSI WEEK <br /> <br /># OF WATERING <br />MINUTESI DAY <br /> <br /># OF WATERING <br />DAYSI WEEK <br /> <br /># OF WATERING <br />MINUTESI WEEK <br /> <br />60 <br /> <br />x <br /> <br />= <br /> <br /># OF WATERING <br />HOURS I WEEK <br /> <br />GALLONS I WATERING HOUR <br />(Iroma5/B'. hose) <br /> <br />GALLONSiDAY CONSUMED <br />FOR LAWN & GARDEN <br />WATERING <br /> <br />The following are typical rates of water use for appliances, <br /> <br />DISHWASHER-25gallonslload WASHING MACHINE.40gallonslload BATHTUB. 25 gallons I balh <br />SHOWER -7 - 10 gallonslminute TOILET- 5 - 7 gallonslflush <br /> <br />Compute your average daily consumption for each of the above and compare your results with three friends. <br /> <br />DISHWASHER LOADS/ WEEK_ X 25 <br /> <br />gallonsf week <br /> <br />WASHING MACHINE LOADS/ WEEK_X 40 <br /> <br />gallonsl week <br /> <br />SHOWERSI WEEK_X <br /> <br />X B <br /> <br />gallons I week <br /> <br />AVE. #OF MINUTESI SHOWER <br /> <br />TUB BATHS I WEEK_X 25 <br /> <br />gallons/week <br /> <br />TOILET FLUSHESiDAY_ X <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />X <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />gallonsl week <br /> <br />What factors might account for the different rates of family water consumption, Note: check the rest of the <br />data collected on your survey. Several of the factors found under "Genera/Information" <br />might aCCDunt for varying rates of water consumption. (See p.25 of Capt. Hydro.) <br /> <br />-10- <br />