http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-380 Ms. Theologian Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:51:16 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-380 Anne, does your water company do a free water audit? Because if you can get someone to open your meter, you can check for leaks in your house by seeing if the meter is turning when you don't have any intended water use inside. Anne, does your water company do a free water audit? Because if you can get someone to open your meter, you can check for leaks in your house by seeing if the meter is turning when you don’t have any intended water use inside.

]]> http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-379 Anne P Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:43:40 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-379 Oh, and I meant to add - the point about electric plants using up water was brought up recently in the newspaper in a story about drought. Domestic water usage is the majority of what's used around here, but the majority of <i>that</i> does go back into the river after it has been treated. Much of the water used for cooling the electric plants is evaporated. Oh, and I meant to add - the point about electric plants using up water was brought up recently in the newspaper in a story about drought. Domestic water usage is the majority of what’s used around here, but the majority of that does go back into the river after it has been treated. Much of the water used for cooling the electric plants is evaporated.

]]> http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-378 Anne P Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:41:30 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-378 I wish there was a "Kill-a-Drop" gizmo for water usage, but the nature of plumbing makes that tricky I guess. Our water usage at our current house is much higher than at our previous house, and I'm not sure why. The master toilet is an older high-flush model, could that really make such a big difference? (I've put a bottle of water in the tank to take up some of the space and make it use a little bit less...) Is a toilet running a little bit somewhere and we just don't hear it? Is the washing machine here wildly less efficient than the old one? So hard to figure out. I wish there was a “Kill-a-Drop” gizmo for water usage, but the nature of plumbing makes that tricky I guess. Our water usage at our current house is much higher than at our previous house, and I’m not sure why. The master toilet is an older high-flush model, could that really make such a big difference? (I’ve put a bottle of water in the tank to take up some of the space and make it use a little bit less…) Is a toilet running a little bit somewhere and we just don’t hear it? Is the washing machine here wildly less efficient than the old one? So hard to figure out.

]]> http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-373 Myfanwy Collins Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:21:51 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-373 Most everyone else on our street is on town water (about 15 years ago there was a little issue of people's wells becoming polluted from the salt pile at the highway department--which is uphill from here--they've since moved the salt pile. We got our water tested again last year and it's fine). I'll keep my eye out though. Most everyone else on our street is on town water (about 15 years ago there was a little issue of people’s wells becoming polluted from the salt pile at the highway department–which is uphill from here–they’ve since moved the salt pile. We got our water tested again last year and it’s fine). I’ll keep my eye out though.

]]> http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-372 Ms. Theologian Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:53:30 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-372 Well, the good thing about living in a swamp is that you can keep tabs on the water table. :) In your area, I would be most concerned about any new development that plans to drill wells that serve large groups of people. Well, the good thing about living in a swamp is that you can keep tabs on the water table. In your area, I would be most concerned about any new development that plans to drill wells that serve large groups of people.

]]> http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-371 Myfanwy Collins Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:20:36 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/10/29/how-much-water-do-you-use/#comment-371 Excellent, helpful post, Steph. Thank you!! I think about water a lot (as one whose family ran out of it when I was a teenager--numerous wells run dry, poor water pressure). I have a phobia of running out of water (hydro-less-phobia!) and listening to the state of the state of Georgia makes me nervous. We have our own well here and we live in a water-logged (now anyway) area, but I am still aware of the potential of the well running dry. We do not water our lawn (we did when we seeded part of it, but that's it) and we don't take long showers and we run the dishwasher when it is full. Still, I think we could do more. I'm going to try harder. Thanks for the reminder. Excellent, helpful post, Steph. Thank you!! I think about water a lot (as one whose family ran out of it when I was a teenager–numerous wells run dry, poor water pressure). I have a phobia of running out of water (hydro-less-phobia!) and listening to the state of the state of Georgia makes me nervous. We have our own well here and we live in a water-logged (now anyway) area, but I am still aware of the potential of the well running dry. We do not water our lawn (we did when we seeded part of it, but that’s it) and we don’t take long showers and we run the dishwasher when it is full. Still, I think we could do more. I’m going to try harder. Thanks for the reminder.

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