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GBlist: What do Americans do with all that water?
That's a question that I get sooner or later from most
colleagues/friends from the UK. There are several reasons which you
alluded to:
1. Europeans in general have long used horizontal axis washing
machines, which use 20 -60% less water than the machines in common use
in American homes.
2. Water closets have been no greater than 9 -12 litres/flush for quite
a while from what I understand, compared to 16- 20 litres/flush in the
US prior to 1982 or so and 13 litres from 1982 - 1994.
3. Although the UK is incorrectly assumed by many Americans to be
rainy, there is a big hunk of the US which is really dry. Outdoor water
use in the southwest and southern CA is pretty high.
What other characteristics would you point to?
http://waterwiser.org
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Warren C. Liebold
wliebold@waonline.com
wliebold@pppmail.nyser.net
Director of Conservation
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
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