ProspectiveBum
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A question about water bills from Want2Retire in the http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/your-monthly-cost-of-housing-40247.html thread got me looking closely at my water bill. We're averaging close to $90 per month for water/sewer. Examining my bill, it lists our average gallons used per day. We installed a water-efficient dishwasher and washing machine earlier this year, and our water consumption is down 38.6 percent compared to last year. That's the good news. The bad news is that we're still using 380 gallons of water per day, on average. That's down from 619 gallons per day a year ago!
Those numbers are staggering to me. If I'd had to guess, I would have guessed that we use a quarter to a third of that amount. We're a family of 4, in a 2800 sf suburban home with small front and back yards. We do have lawn and landscaping that we irrigate year round (not much rain here in SoCal). We try to err on the side of underwatering, so it's not like we're flooding the lawn every morning. I'm trying to figure out where all this water is going, because it doesn't feel like we use anywhere near this much.
So, how much water do YOU use at home?
Those numbers are staggering to me. If I'd had to guess, I would have guessed that we use a quarter to a third of that amount. We're a family of 4, in a 2800 sf suburban home with small front and back yards. We do have lawn and landscaping that we irrigate year round (not much rain here in SoCal). We try to err on the side of underwatering, so it's not like we're flooding the lawn every morning. I'm trying to figure out where all this water is going, because it doesn't feel like we use anywhere near this much.
So, how much water do YOU use at home?
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