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> when 99.9% of it is not used for drinking What is it used for? Cooking?

• deleted 8y ago
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• clarry 8y ago
  Showering, bathing, washing hands, flushing toilet, washing dishes, washing clothes, washing surfaces or floors (i.e. wetting and washing the rag/mop you use for wiping said surfaces), maybe watering lawns & washing cars, if I had to guess. It's surprisingly easy and quick to run way more water than you could drink in a day just for some daily cleaning duties. Come to think of it, I drink around 2 liters per day; that's six mugs of coffee plus maybe a couple glasses of water. How much water do I spend when I flush the toilet once and then wash my hands? I do that quite a few times every day.
  • viraptor 8y ago
    Some of those are handled more efficiently in Australia. Water tanks are required with new builds and they usually do rain collection. Those feed into toilets, lawn sprinklers, washing machine, etc. All car washes in the town also use some form of not drinkable water. I'm not sure about the water used for cleaning though. If you want your hands to be clean before eating, why would you clean them in something your can't safely drink?
  • jcranmer 8y ago
    > maybe watering lawns & washing cars Water usage is twice as high in summer as it is in winter. There's a reason why, when mandatory water restrictions go in effect, the first thing that's banned is watering lawns.
• rb808 8y ago
  quick google found these. Not sure exactly what it is but drinking is a tiny part of what most people use. https://www.statista.com/statistics/495373/household-water-consumption-california-by-use/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/495373/household-water-c... http://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/domestic_water_use_per_capita_in_gallons_per_day_by_state_2005 http://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/domestic_water_use_per...