Water Baseline Data

Remember to just go about your normal patterns for your baseline

data. You may not have some of these so enter a zero.
There are other ways we use water but this is to get a general idea.
Note:
BE HONEST! You will not be graded or judged. This part of the exercise is
simply to establish what your normal habits are, for your own purposes. If
you are not honest on this part of the project, it will throw off you results for
the remainder of the project (several weeks). So just record it all, and don't
worry about how scary it looks when it's down on paper!

Record your water usage in the chart below.

Day 1

Day 2

Total Gal
for
2
days

shower (minutes)

__15____

__12____

bath (minutes the tap runs)

__0____

__0____

sink (minutes the tap runs)

__24____

__27____

__102____

toilet flushes

___6___

___8___

__84____

dishwasher loads

___0___

__0____

__0____

washing machine loads

__0____

__0____

__0____

other ______________

______

______

__81____
__0____

______

Calculate:
Use the flow rates given below to find your total water usage
shower ____27______minutes x 3 gal/min.
gallons

= _____81__________

bath ____0________ minutes the tap runs x 3 gal/min.

_____0__________ gallons sink ___51_____ minutes x 2 gal/min. =

_____102__________ gallons
toilet

flushes

____14______

______84_________

gallons

gallons

dishwasher

each

flush

loads___0_______

=
12

gallons/load = ______0_________ gallons washing machine loads

___0_____ x 40 gallons/load = ______0_________ gallons other
_________ gallons
TOTAL _____267_________ gallons overall

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