One-Day Family Water Use One-Day Family Water Use

Record Record
Date: 12/15/16 Name:
Water WaterCordell Palmer
Usage Calculations Wat
Using Fill
Period: 2nd in the chart to track how
Teacher: Mrs. Barnes much water your family uses in a er
Activity day. Do the math and record the total for each activity in the Use
boxPeople
Number of at the endwho
of the live
line. at your house: 2
d
showers 2 x 10 x 5 = 100
number of showers minutes gallo
taken in household per shower ns
0 x 36 = 0
baths number of baths gallo
ns
8 x 5 = 35
toilets number of flushes gallon
s
3 x 3 x 3 = 27
tooth number of times minutes per brush gallon
brushing people brush a s
day
hand & 20 x 3 = 60
dish minutes washing hands or dishes gallon
washing s

15 x 30 = 450
dishwashe
r dishwasher loads per day gallon
s
7 49

laundry 7 x 48 =
Number of loads gallon
divided by 7 days s
in a week
0 x 10 = 0
outdoor minutes using the hose (water plants or gallon
hose wash car) s

0 0
7 x 0 x 10 =
landscape times per number of minutes gallon
irrigation week the the system runs s
system runs
divided by 7
drinking 2 x 1/2 = 1
water number of people who live in your house gallon

My Familys Total Daily Water Use:

Add all numbers in the Water Used Column and put the total in the box. 722
Subtract gallons saved (example: placing bucket in the shower to collect
cold water)