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Hut27
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I have a Water meter and my usage is fairly consistent at 30 cub mtrs per 6month period. I have my own Bore-hole for watering garden. An friend same age roughly same size family ,just two pensioner adults . Showed me his 2 recent bills both 17cu mtrs. No other water supply only one water Butt. Question, how much water do you use? I thought I read somewhere that the average for two adults was approx 50cub mtrs, which would make ours about right considering use of Borehole.
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Noooo ! Ear worm alert!!
if it`s a song i`ll not google it then:D.
It's easier to measure usage as litres/day, and my water company reckon on 150 litres/day per person.
30 m3/six months is 164 litres/day, which is very economical for two people. The 50 m3 figure is 136 litres/day/person, so is about right. Your friends using 17 m3, would be using 46 litres a day each. I take it they don't shower or bathe every day then ...
But I don't know how much significance the borehole would be; my own usage is something over 100 litres, and I can't remember the last time I watered the garden. (Especially as the ground is waterlogged for nine months of the year.)
might be worth spending a day writing down everything water wise that gets used to see if theres any points that you can save on
Thanks for your comments and information, I am not looking to economise on usage and as this area has very light sandy soil I need to water my garden (mostly pots, troughs and baskets)I must admit, every day in the growing period.
I would not believe my friends low usage until he showed me his two bills.
A disabled relative is in the shower for up to an hour a few times a week and I use the washing machine every day, so I'm guessing we're higher than average use.
He goes round turning lights off after me, and then puts half a gallon of water in the kettle to make 2 cups of tea.