OT: Water Usage

[David L. Jones]

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

Dave.

 

[Phil Allison]

"David L. Jones"

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

** How to SAVE on your home water consumption

- the David L. Jerkoff way:


1. Spend all day at work, use their toilets and wash basins, use their hot
water for tea and coffee.

Use their shower facilities too.

2. Eat out at real lot, or get takeaway food and eat from the containers.

3. Have no kids.

4. Use a Laundromat for all clothes washing.

5. Have no garden that ever needs watering.

6. Use car washes.

7. Go away on weekends, visit relatives and friends a lot.

9. Take all your holidays overseas.

10. Take no baths.





...... Phil

 

[Trevor Wilson]

"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:57bfc39c-c3b1-489b-bf16-fb53378847a6@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

**Two people, 720 Sq m of land. Pool (55,000 Litres), fish pond (4,000
Litres) and garden (SWMBO is a very keen gardener). No water tank (yet - I'm
building one under the house). 229 Litres per day. The average for a single
person Sydney household is 239 Litre per day. I figure that after I attend
to pool evaporation, a water tank and some other issues, I may be able to
halve our existing usage. FWIW: All my neighbours have water tanks and
except for one we use less mains water. That family has 50,000 Litres of
water storage and another 45,000 Litres of on-site sewerage treatment. Very
impressive (and expensive) stuff. I don't think they use any mains water
(family of 5 - 6).

102.5 Litres per day is pretty good. It is close to what we use and I know
how difficult that is.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

On Nov 28, 11:42 am, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

Dave.

135 l/day/person but the garden is starting to look sad. (melbourne)

 

[Trevor Wilson]

"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Nov 28, 2:26 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in
messagenews:57bfc39c-c3b1-489b-bf16-fb53378847a6@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

**Two people, 720 Sq m of land. Pool (55,000 Litres), fish pond (4,000
Litres) and garden (SWMBO is a very keen gardener). No water tank (yet -
I'm
building one under the house). 229 Litres per day.

115L/person/day is excellent without a tank.

**Yep. My partner is VERY committed.

The average for a single
person Sydney household is 239 Litre per day. I figure that after I
attend
to pool evaporation, a water tank and some other issues, I may be able to
halve our existing usage. FWIW: All my neighbours have water tanks and
except for one we use less mains water. That family has 50,000 Litres of
water storage and another 45,000 Litres of on-site sewerage treatment.
Very
impressive (and expensive) stuff. I don't think they use any mains water
(family of 5 - 6).

102.5 Litres per day is pretty good. It is close to what we use and I
know
how difficult that is.

I should have added that we do have rainwater tanks. One dedicated to
the washing machine, and another dedicated to garden watering etc.
Two person house on 756sqm, no pool, one small fish pond, 2 sizable
gardens with drip systems, and another two just online this week.
Will have to check the figures on what we saved on average with the
washing machine conversion (I think it's around 40L/wash).

**My partner is very careful with her washing machine. Water is re-used and
rinse water is put on the garden. ALthough I have suggested a gravity-fed
tube to the garden, she prefers that we both carry the rinse water in
buckets to keep fit. :-( I just put a drip system for her orchids and for
the front garden. Her attitude to gardening is brutal. Except for the
veggies, everything she plants needs to find a way to survive (all but the
worst of weather) after establishment. That means almost no watering. We
have a lot of natives. I must say, she really knows her stuff, when it comes
to plants.

Apart from the washing machine we just do the usual - low flow shower
heads, efficient toilet and dishwasher, short showers. We don't
consider ourselves excessively frugal in water use. I like my
occasional hot bath after a long days canyoning

**I haven't had a bath (I do have showers) for nearly 2 years. :-(

I do consider that we are frugal, but we can do better. The tank I'm
building (6,000 - 8,000 Litres, hopefully) should make a substantial
difference. I'll plumb it into the downstairs toilet and possibly the
laundry. Naturally, it'll be used to top up the pool, fishpond and do the
job of watering the garden.

What really pisses me off is that despite what you and I are doing, we still
have to pay for the desal plant. I'd prefer that the gummint build a
recycling plant.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[David L. Jones]

On Nov 28, 2:26 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:

"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:57bfc39c-c3b1-489b-bf16-fb53378847a6@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

**Two people, 720 Sq m of land. Pool (55,000 Litres), fish pond (4,000
Litres) and garden (SWMBO is a very keen gardener). No water tank (yet - I'm
building one under the house). 229 Litres per day.

115L/person/day is excellent without a tank.

The average for a single
person Sydney household is 239 Litre per day. I figure that after I attend
to pool evaporation, a water tank and some other issues, I may be able to
halve our existing usage. FWIW: All my neighbours have water tanks and
except for one we use less mains water. That family has 50,000 Litres of
water storage and another 45,000 Litres of on-site sewerage treatment. Very
impressive (and expensive) stuff. I don't think they use any mains water
(family of 5 - 6).

102.5 Litres per day is pretty good. It is close to what we use and I know
how difficult that is.

I should have added that we do have rainwater tanks. One dedicated to
the washing machine, and another dedicated to garden watering etc.
Two person house on 756sqm, no pool, one small fish pond, 2 sizable
gardens with drip systems, and another two just online this week.
Will have to check the figures on what we saved on average with the
washing machine conversion (I think it's around 40L/wash).

Apart from the washing machine we just do the usual - low flow shower
heads, efficient toilet and dishwasher, short showers. We don't
consider ourselves excessively frugal in water use. I like my
occasional hot bath after a long days canyoning

Dave.

 

[David L. Jones]

On Nov 28, 2:30 pm, geoffjunks...@gmail.com wrote:

On Nov 28, 11:42 am, "David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote:

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?

Dave.

135 l/day/person but the garden is starting to look sad. (melbourne)

The in-laws also had their home tagged for the same period.
2 people (one stays home), water tank for garden use - a whopping 295L/
person/day!

Dave.

 

[David L. Jones]

On Nov 28, 3:31 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:

"David L. Jones" <altz...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:a8bd9c15-4a4f-4e03-9671-16b551775b38@d36g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
**My partner is very careful with her washing machine. Water is re-used and
rinse water is put on the garden. ALthough I have suggested a gravity-fed
tube to the garden, she prefers that we both carry the rinse water in
buckets to keep fit. :-( I just put a drip system for her orchids and for
the front garden. Her attitude to gardening is brutal. Except for the
veggies, everything she plants needs to find a way to survive (all but the
worst of weather) after establishment. That means almost no watering. We
have a lot of natives. I must say, she really knows her stuff, when it comes
to plants.

We have all native plants too, and many of them are endemic to our
local creeks and parks. There is some council mob that collects seeds
from local areas, grows them and makes them available for free.

Apart from the washing machine we just do the usual - low flow shower
heads, efficient toilet and dishwasher, short showers. We don't
consider ourselves excessively frugal in water use. I like my
occasional hot bath after a long days canyoning

**I haven't had a bath (I do have showers) for nearly 2 years. :-(

I do consider that we are frugal, but we can do better. The tank I'm
building (6,000 - 8,000 Litres, hopefully) should make a substantial
difference. I'll plumb it into the downstairs toilet and possibly the
laundry. Naturally, it'll be used to top up the pool, fishpond and do the
job of watering the garden.

We have two 3000L tanks, and the one dedicated to gardening and the
fish pond is barely enough.
You might be stretching it by connecting to the toilet.

We haven't ran out of water yet (touch wood), but have come close on
several occasions. Although we have lost two full tanks due to
accidents. One was a faulty timer that didn't turn off. The other was
an accidental disconnection from the garden drip connection point to
the hose, it just popped off and we didn't have a stopper valve on the
end of the hose. The pump had a fun time I'm sure pumping it all out
in a matter of minutes.

What really pisses me off is that despite what you and I are doing, we still
have to pay for the desal plant.

Lets not get started on that!

Dave.

 

[Mr.T]

"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote in message
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What really pisses me off is that despite what you and I are doing, we
still
have to pay for the desal plant. I'd prefer that the gummint build a
recycling plant.

What really pisses me off is that if I halve my water usage, I save a couple
of dollars on my water bill (obviously no incentive there) and I still pay
about ten times as much per megalitre than industrial users. Obviously
charging water rates mostly based on property value rather than usage is
just another rip off.
In Melbourne they pumped half of the dams into the Burnley tunnel during
construction, before a change of government which finally got around to
making them use sea water rather than fresh water. The dams have never been
full since, and I can only speculate what the present level would be (rather
than 30%), since finding out the exact amount wasted over a number of years,
is "commercial in confidence", like everything else apparently.

And they still tell us we need more people for some reason, and make us pay
for the "privilege".

MrT.

 

[terryc]

On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:26:24 +1100, Trevor Wilson wrote:

**Two people, 720 Sq m of land. Pool (55,000 Litres), fish pond (4,000
Litres) and garden (SWMBO is a very keen gardener). No water tank (yet -
I'm building one under the house). 229 Litres per day. The average for a
single person Sydney household is 239 Litre per day. I figure that after I
attend to pool evaporation, a water tank and some other issues, I may be
able to halve our existing usage.

Not if you vege garden, unless your water tank is like your neighbours.

 

[Alan Rutlidge]

"Phil Allison" <philallison@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:6p96goF72s8kU1@mid.individual.net...

"David L. Jones"

We just had our home water usage monitored for two weeks with a
TinyTag.
We use an average of 102.5L per person per day. Matches up pretty
close to what we had on our bill.
So we use about half as much as the average Sydney household which is
around 200L per person per day.
The data is quite fascinating.

How much water do others use?



** How to SAVE on your home water consumption

- the David L. Jerkoff way:


1. Spend all day at work, use their toilets and wash basins, use their
hot water for tea and coffee.

Work all day do you Phil? - I'd like to see that. LOL

Use their shower facilities too.

I doubt if you shower anyway. They do call you Philthy Allison, don't they?

2. Eat out at real lot, or get takeaway food and eat from the containers.

When you cook you weep don't you?

3. Have no kids.

Oh well, just as well. The world don't need any Philthy clones does it?

4. Use a Laundromat for all clothes washing.

You checked those drag stripes on your undies lately Phil?

5. Have no garden that ever needs watering.

Neither have you in that bed sit flat Phil.

6. Use car washes.

You don't own a car or have a driver's license, so where's your point?

7. Go away on weekends, visit relatives and friends a lot.

Now that wouldn't be anything that you'd engage in would it Phil? After all
you don't have any friends do you?

9. Take all your holidays overseas.

Phil, you'd need a passport for that, and I doubt if you'd be able to get
one.

10. Take no baths.

See point 1 (2nd part).

...... Phil