- Pull out your water bills for the past year and calculate total usage
- Divide through by 365 to obtain a daily usage number
- The EPA calculates standard US daily household water usage on three levels. Take a look at the following chart. Where does your consumption fit?
My 1990 tract house with 4 people was 197gphd in 2009.
That same house was 93gphd in 2013.
Note: gphd means gallons per household per day.
- If your usage is within the Baseline range, set a Water Budget Goal for the Standard range and measure your performance against goal every quarter. If you are in the Standard range push for High-Efficiency!
- If your usage is significantly above Baseline…well, think of that as opportunity for easily finding utility savings. Set your Water Budget at 190gphd.
- Find some easy ways to save water in the GreenBeams Hands-on-Green tutorials.
