Our new water softener has an optional feature: daily average water usage for the last 7 days. It gets updated every day at midnight. Several days ago, I activated the feature and it now reads 56 gallons/day. That's 28 gallons per day for each of us.
Then, I wondered, how does our usage compare to other households? Online research indicates that the average person in the US uses 80-100 gallons a day, most of which is flushing toilets. Wow! We're each using only about 30% of the average? Doesn't seem possible.
Or does it? The new dual-flush toilets we put in last spring certainly save lots of water. Perhaps our newish washing machine and dishwasher are water-efficient also. And, I don't need much water to wash my hair. Yeah, it's possible.
Note: water used for irrigation, washing cars and other outside uses doesn't go through the softener.
In case you're wondering: yes, we do shower regularly.
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