Lab Report #2: Domestic Water Use Lab
30 September 2019
Hailey Lazzaroni
Joshua Diamond
Result and Raw Data
Domestic Water Use and Consumption by HAILEY LAZZARONI, 2019
OPTIMAL DAILY WATER USE
TYPE OF
FIXTURE/APPLIANCE
CURRENT DAILY WATER USE
EFFICIENCY GOAL (IN GALLONS)
(IN GALLONS)
Shower/Bath
75
45
Bathroom Faucet
9
4
Toilet
18
6
Kitchen Faucet
4
2
Dish Washer
0
0
Clothes Washer
5
2
Lawn Watering
48
29
Source: South Florida Water Management District Website – 2019, Preliminary Data
Graphs
Individual Domestic Water Use for HAILEY
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Total Current Water Use (In gallons)
Total Efficient Water Use (In gallons)
Daily
Weekly
HAILEY'S Total Daily Use (In Percentage)
30%
47%
3%
0%
3%
11%
6%
Shower and Bath
Bathroom Faucet
Toilet
Kitchen Faucet
Dishwasher
Clothes Washer
Lawn Watering
HAILEY'S Potentially Efficient Use (In
Percentage)
33%
51%
2%
2%
7%
5%
Shower and Bath
Bathroom Faucet
Toilet
Kitchen Faucet
Clothes Washer
Lawn Watering
Data Summary
As stated in the introductory information about domestic water use and consumption,
water treatment for domestic use has seen faults throughout time on the process by which it
follows in order to eventually provide for people in households. With the growing issue of
environmental sustainability becoming more apparent in our everyday learning and language,
becoming aware of the way that the water we consume is an important aspect of being an
environmentally positive contributor to the planet. By living more eco-conscious lives, recycling
materials, and minimizing our ecological footprint, the process of water treatment becomes better
and is able to more efficiently provide for all humans and many organisms throughout the planet.
It is always said that there are children living in low-income societies and under-developed
countries that do not have easy access to clean drinking water, but the truth is that it is not only
the children, but it is also the mothers, fathers, animals, and plants within the ecosystem that are
all quenching for water, the same water that is taken advantage of in overdeveloped countries
such as the United States.
Within the conversation of being better stewards for the environment comes the fact that
in societies like that of the Americans, a ridiculous and overwhelming amount of water is
constantly being dumped out without proper use or care for it. The exercises demonstrated in the
domestic water usage activity completed, I was able to observe that the consumption of water
that I use in a daily and weekly basis is substantially more than the average that should be used
to contribute to environment in a positive manner. In the shower, faucets, clothing washers, and
lawn watering areas I am consuming and average of twice the amount that is deemed adequate.
In the area of the toilet use, I consume three time the amount if water that is deemed adequate!
This information serves to show that my lifestyle habits must be altered and made more efficient
so that sharing becomes easier with people in the world who don’t have access to any of it. I also
observed that the age of the fixtures and appliances that I recorded had a huge impact the amount
of water used, as well. The older the appliance were, the most water was being consumed
because its efficacy level had not yet been updated.
I believe that if I updated the appliances/fixtures around my house and was more
conscious about using the least amount of water that I could, I would be doing a better job at
contributing to a cleaner and greener future environment, and at the same time I could help
efforts to bring water to those people who currently do not.
References
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https://www.sfwmd.gov/water-conservation-calculator
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_g/G-text4.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cI0WuEmFI