Laserfiche WebLink
<br />5. <br /> <br />per day. Assuming 2.5 gpm of water used per 100 tons of <br />capacity in a cooling tower, the annual water use is <br />estimated at 1,394,000 gallons. This value includes water <br />lost through evaporation, drift, and normal blowdown <br />operations. The newly installed sub meter for cooling tower <br />usage can be used to verify these calculation. Additionally, <br />reducing the wastewater costs for cooling water should result <br />in considerable financial savings. <br /> <br />Kitchen - Kitchen use is limited in these facilities. Based <br />on 0.3 gallons of water per meal for preparation, 27,000 of <br />water is used for preparation. Twelve dishwashers uses of 15 <br />gallons each, five days a week for a year equals 47,000 <br />gallons. During the site visit, the kitchen sink was found <br />to be leaking a steady flow. This leak was estimated to <br />amount to about 5000 gallons per year. Other miscellaneous <br />uses in the kitchen, ice making, cleaning, etc are estimated <br />at 5,000 gallons annually. Total yearly kitchen use is <br />therefore estimated at 84,000 gallons. <br /> <br />Landscape Irriqation - The landscaped area adjacent to these <br />buildings is minimal, estimated at 9,000 to 10,000 square <br />feet. Watering of these areas is done early in the morning, <br />and is normally done by 8:00 a.m. The sprinkler systems are <br />operated by automatic controllers located at the different <br />buildings. An estimated 50,000 gallons per year are applied <br />to these areas. <br /> <br />Unaccounted Use - The remaining water use, approximately <br />195,000 gallons per year, was not accounted for in this <br />report. This represents about 5% of total water consumed at <br />these facilities. <br /> <br />TABLE 3 <br />Water Balance <br /> <br />Domest~c Use <br />Facility Cooling <br />Kitchen <br />Landscape Irrigation <br />Unaccounted Use <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />2,110,500 gal <br />1,395,000 gal <br />84,000 gal <br />50,000 gal <br />195,000 gal <br /> <br />55% <br />36% <br />2% <br />1% <br />5% <br />99% <br /> <br />WATER CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES <br />Observations made during the site visits, as well as <br />information obtained from discussions with personnel familiar <br />with the facility, aided in the identification of water <br />