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Are they seriously arguing that fifty percent of a household's water usage goes into flushing urine? That sounds like bullshit.
by causi 5y ago
Are they seriously arguing that fifty percent of a household's water usage goes into flushing urine? That sounds like bullshit.
- mschuster91 5y agoAccording to [1], toilet usage accounts for ~24% of household water usage. The missing 26% to "about half" likely comes from removing the water usage caused by the production of synthetic fertilizer. [1]: https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water https://www.epa.gov/watersense/how-we-use-water
- causi 5y agoI'm having difficulty finding concrete numbers but I'm doubtful 26% of the world's freshwater use is making synthetic fertilizer.