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US puts water consumption per capita at 2,842 cubic meters per annum. (2,842 cubic meters in liters)/365 = 7.7k liters.
by XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
US puts water consumption per capita at 2,842 cubic meters per annum.
(2,842 cubic meters in liters)/365 = 7.7k liters.
- Johnny555 9y agoThat's all water use, not household or office use that could be used for this purpose. For example: Meat consumption accounts for 30 percent of the American figure, and sugar consumption is responsible for another 15 percent https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/graphic-science-how-much-water-nations-consume/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/graphic-science-h...
- jdmichal 9y agoI'm guessing that number is for all uses. Obviously, as being discussed, industrial and agricultural water uses would not be eligible. The USGS [0] estimates 23,800 mega-gallons per day for domestic use by 268 million people. This is about 89 gallons or 336 liters per day per person. [0] https://water.usgs.gov/watuse/wudo.html https://water.usgs.gov/watuse/wudo.html