Posted in
- On average, a person uses about 200 litres of water per day, of which 5-10 litres is for basic survival, ie drinking and food preparation.
- The other 190 litres is discretionary and is used for washing (showers, dishes, clothes, toilets) and the garden.
- Some communities have been successful in reducing average personal tap water usage to as low as 130 litres per day.
- Approximately half the water supplied to urban areas in Australia ends up as waste water, according to a report by the Institute for Sustainable Futures prepared for the Water Services Association in 1998.
