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> 1 million gallons is how much 33 people in the US use in a year. For a moment I was worried that this might be an average that includes indirect usage throug

by Terr_ 2mo ago

> 1 million gallons is how much 33 people in the US use in a year. For a moment I was worried that this might be an average that includes indirect usage through industry and agriculture, but AFAICT no, it's in line with just residential usage, so good-on-ya for that. > I don't know what timeframe we are talking about here The utility claims it was 30m gallons over 4 months [0], and 90mgal/yr would be like ~3k individuals. This seems pretty significant given that Fayetteville is only about ~20k residents. [1] [0] https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-center... [1] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fayettevillecitygeorgia/PST045225 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fayettevillecit...

tecleandor 2mo ago
I've been checking stats and comparing it with here (Spain) and I never thought the difference of residential water usage was so different. Average use of water per capita in Spain is about 47m3 a year, so a third of the USA. And that number is quite consistent around the EU, except for Greece and Cyprus, where it's about double or even a bit more.
- applicative 2mo ago
  Spain and EU are like eg Connecticut
  - esposm03 2mo ago
    Care to elaborate?
    - evilduck 2mo ago
      Climate-wise I presume. Spain sits on a similar latitude to Connecticut, and much of the EU sits north of the US population.
- clark_dent 2mo ago
  A whole lot of Americans water their lawns consistently for months on end. Keep in mind that a lot of Americans outside of urban areas also get their water from their own private wells, making water use effectively moot.
- mafuy 2mo ago
  I dont get your math. 50m3/y is more than 30m3/y, which is what I calculated for the US?
  - Terr_ 2mo ago
    I'm not sure which numbers everyone is using, but US usage stat [0]: 82 gal/ day /person Days to years: ~ 30,000 gal/ year /person To metric: ~ ~113.4 m^3/ year /person [0] https://www.epa.gov/watersense/statistics-and-facts https://www.epa.gov/watersense/statistics-and-facts

by Terr_ 2mo ago

tecleandor 2mo ago

I've been checking stats and comparing it with here (Spain) and I never thought the difference of residential water usage was so different. Average use of water per capita in Spain is about 47m3 a year, so a third of the USA. And that number is quite consistent around the EU, except for Greece and Cyprus, where it's about double or even a bit more.

applicative 2mo ago
Spain and EU are like eg Connecticut
- esposm03 2mo ago
  Care to elaborate?
  - evilduck 2mo ago
    Climate-wise I presume. Spain sits on a similar latitude to Connecticut, and much of the EU sits north of the US population.
clark_dent 2mo ago
A whole lot of Americans water their lawns consistently for months on end. Keep in mind that a lot of Americans outside of urban areas also get their water from their own private wells, making water use effectively moot.
mafuy 2mo ago
I dont get your math. 50m3/y is more than 30m3/y, which is what I calculated for the US?
- Terr_ 2mo ago
  I'm not sure which numbers everyone is using, but US usage stat [0]: 82 gal/ day /person Days to years: ~ 30,000 gal/ year /person To metric: ~ ~113.4 m^3/ year /person [0] https://www.epa.gov/watersense/statistics-and-facts https://www.epa.gov/watersense/statistics-and-facts