How Does Your Home Water Usage Compare to Other Households?

The EPA has put together a chart that showing the average amount of water in gallons used by US households by number of people in the household. The average American family of four uses 400 gallons of water per day. On average, approximately 70 percent of that water is used indoors, with the bathroom being the largest consumer. So how much water is your family using?

Here’s How to Estimate Your Household Water Usage

1. Take water meter reading at the same time every day.
2. Subtract the previous day’s reading from the current day’s reading. The difference is your daily usage.
3. For the most accurate results you should measure your water meter daily for at least two weeks.

In our next article we’ll talk about ways you can cut back on your water usage to conserve our most important natural resource.