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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

--
Warren C. Liebold

wliebold@waonline.com
wliebold@pppmail.nyser.net

Director of Conservation
New York City Department of Environmental Protection


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