Things to Do Today: Use Less Water

Here's some "fast facts" on water use, courtesy of The Green Remodeler website:

• Older toilets use 3.7 to 7 gallons per flush


• Dishwashers use 8-14 gallons per cycle


• Top-loading washers use 45 gallons per load


• A dripping faucet wastes 15-21 gallons per day


• US water users withdraw enough water to fill a line of Olympic-size swimming pools reaching around the world EVERY DAY (300 billion gallons)


• Although our planet is 71% water, humans depend on a mere .65% of the water for surviva - much of which is polluted.


• About a quarter of the nation's largest industrial plants and water treatment facilities are in serious violation of pollution standards at any one time.


• An estimated 7 million Americans are made sick annually by contaminated tap water; in some rare cases this results in death.

So, in closing... Use less water today. And tomorrow. And, well... pretty much all the time.