Calculate Your Water Ways
Understanding how much water we use and where it is used is the first step in beginning to conserve one of our most precious resources.

This simple household water check up will allow you to understand your consumption, both indoors and outdoors. After calculating your water use patterns, you can begin to conserve in ways that work best for your life style.

Indoor Water Use
1. Showers
Total number of showers taken each day by members of your household, times the average number of minutes spent in the shower, times four gallons per minute equals water used for household showers each day.
Gallons used in the shower: ___showers/day X ____minutes X 4 gallons/minute = ____

2. Baths
Total number of baths taken each day by members of the household, times 40 gallons equals daily water used for baths.
Gallons used in baths: ____baths/day X 36 gallons =_____

3. Toilets
Total number of people in household, times four flushes, times gallons per flush equals daily water used in household toilet.
Gallons used for flushing: ___people X 4 flushes/day X 4 gallons/flush = ____

4. Faucets
Total number of household members that use faucets to shave, brush teeth, and wash hands faucets, times average minutes used, times three gallons per minute equals total gallons used daily through faucets.
Gallons used daily from faucets: ___people X ____minutes X 3 gallons/minute = ____

5. Laundry
Number of loads of laundry done each week, times 55 gallons of water per load equals gallons used per week. Divide the total by seven to determine daily consumption.
Gallons used daily for laundry: ___loads/week X 40 gallons/load 7 days/week = ____

6. Dishwasher
Number of times dishwasher is used each week, times 15 gallons per load equals water used each week by the dishwasher. Divide amount by seven to determine daily consumption.
Gallons used daily by dishwasher: ____loads/week X 13 gallons/load 7 day/week= _____

7. Hand Washing Dishes
Number of times dishes are washed by hand each day, times three gallons per minute, times average number of minutes water runs equals water used in daily dish washing.
Gallons used in daily dish washing: ___times/day X ____minutes X 3 gallons/min.= ______

Estimated Gallons of Indoor Water Use:
Gallons used in showers ______
Gallons - baths ______
Gallons - toilet flushing ______
Gallons - faucets ______
Gallons - laundry ______
Gallons - dishwasher ______
Gallons - hand washing ______

Estimated total gallons of water used indoors______

Outdoor Water Use

Number of times each week lawn and landscape is watered, times the number of minutes of watering, times three gallons per minute. Divide by seven to calculate daily water use.
Gallons used watering daily: ___times/week X ____total minutes X 3 gallons/minute = ____ 7 days/week = _______