It's amazing how much water we use

zach477 wrote:
Ive been fulltiming for a few months now. I fill up my 85 gallon fresh water tank every 2-3 weeks.

I had a chance to look at a friend's water bill. It said they used just under 6000 gallons of water for the month.

Even if you factored the water I use when doing laundry, my consumption is SO much less. The difference is astounding.

The people probably aren't taking showers where they turn on water to get wet and turn off and the nturn on to rinse. They are also probably running water longer to get to a warm temper for a shower. Plus, they may be taking baths. A standard bath tub holds 35-50 gallons of water. One person taking a bath a day would easily be 1000-2000 gallons a month. Double that for 2 people. Older home toilets could use up to 5 gallons or so per flush. Current ones are around 1.5 gallons. How many times per day do they go to the bathroom? Lots of differences. Not to include lawn/garden watering or car washing and as you mentioned laundry. We easily do 10-15 loads a month for 3 of us. Our HE washer uses around 15-20 gallons a load. Older washers double that. A Dishwasher uses around 4 gallons a load.

Easily adds up.