How many showers do you take daily? As I read Stephen Leahy’s book Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products, I have opened my eyes to how much of the water resources my household uses daily. Do you ever wonder how much water you use daily? You most likely don’t sit down wondering where water comes from or how much you use a day but, I would like you to take a moment to jot down all the water sources you have used throughout the day. As you continue reading this essay you will expand your knowledge on how your intake of water effects the water supply throughout the world.
I would like to go back to my initial question. How many showers do you take daily? Once you have your answer, I would like to know how long they are. Now I am going to convert a ten minute shower into gallons. According to Stephen Leahy’s book ten minute showers …show more content…
Can’t think of one? Don’t worry I can help! Since many of us have washer, dryers, even dishwashers try not to start them until they are completely full this will save water since you are cleaning everything at once instead of doing a few different cycles with less items in them. A standard wash cycle uses around forty five gallons of water using an older washer according to Home-Water-Works. Newer versions of washer machines use forty gallons. If you want to cut down your water sources you could also get a high water efficient washer machine, these use anywhere between fourteen gallons and twenty five gallons of water, this is almost half the amount of gallons compared to a regular washing machine. As for dish washer there is no need to prewash the dishes. If you just use the dishwasher it uses six gallons, if you prewash dishes you will use around twenty gallons of water. Cutting back on dish washing and washing your clothes will help you save almost fifty gallons of water per wash or six per wash when doing
I would like to go back to my initial question. How many showers do you take daily? Once you have your answer, I would like to know how long they are. Now I am going to convert a ten minute shower into gallons. According to Stephen Leahy’s book ten minute showers …show more content…
Can’t think of one? Don’t worry I can help! Since many of us have washer, dryers, even dishwashers try not to start them until they are completely full this will save water since you are cleaning everything at once instead of doing a few different cycles with less items in them. A standard wash cycle uses around forty five gallons of water using an older washer according to Home-Water-Works. Newer versions of washer machines use forty gallons. If you want to cut down your water sources you could also get a high water efficient washer machine, these use anywhere between fourteen gallons and twenty five gallons of water, this is almost half the amount of gallons compared to a regular washing machine. As for dish washer there is no need to prewash the dishes. If you just use the dishwasher it uses six gallons, if you prewash dishes you will use around twenty gallons of water. Cutting back on dish washing and washing your clothes will help you save almost fifty gallons of water per wash or six per wash when doing