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Old 04-17-2009, 04:16 AM   #109
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30l per person per day? Thats about 8 gallons per person per day? this includes drinking water, water for cooking, bathing, toilet flushing and personal hygiene?
It doesn't include toilet flushing or watering the garden, but apart from that yes. Our washing machine uses 50-70 litres per wash (7kg), the rest is just a matter of paying a bit of attention. With a 6l/min shower head a two minute shower is only 15 litres or so (including waiting for the hot water to come through). Showering while standing in a rectangular plastic bin means shower water flushes the toilet, and washing dishes in a smaller bin effectively makes the sink smaller, so we use less than 10 litres of water for a load of dishes. It works for us, and it's not especially difficult. It probably saves time overall, as we spend less time standing in the shower

Poorer countries are usually under 10lpppd, the global average is dragged up by our favourite wastrels but even Australians seem to struggle to get close to 100lpppd. Slightly nutty in a dry country like this one.
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