Water usage - Sean
- 1. Water Usage By Sean Beavis 26 October 2012 Report on Household water usage, Page 1
- 2. Household Water Usage 10 Driftwood Pl, Swanbourne. 3 Adults, 2 Kids Initial 7 day data: week 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 TOTAL Morning 399792 401118 402163 402809 403220 403587 404181 1904 (542) (487) (122) (13) (71) (431) (238) Afternoon 400334 401605 402285 402822 403291 404018 404419 1669 (356) (382) (125) (354) (63) (156) (233) Evening 400690 401987 402410 403176 403354 404174 404652 1358 (428) (176) (399) (44) (233) (7) (71) Total For The Week: 1326 1045 646 411 367 594 542 Amount used for 4931 the day Action Plan:The action plan was to put a timer in the bathroom for 15min and when it went off we would hop out of the shower, or we would have a bath.(We already use economy setting on the dishwasher Report on Household water usage, Page 2
- 3. and washing machine,we turn the water off whilst brushing our teeth, and our sprinkler system is set for 15mins during summer.) Family Thoughts on Plan: we thought it was achievable, and a good idea to save time as well!! Data collected throughout action plan Implementation: week 2 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 TOTAL Morning 404723 405235 406007 407016 407675 408293 409679 2815 (138) (291) (779) (157) (328) (701) (421) Afternoon 404861 405526 406786 407173 408003 408994 410100 2158 (88) (291) (182) (234) (89) (367) (907) Evening 404949 405817 406968 407407 408092 409361 411007 1407 (286) (190) (48) (268) (201) (318) (96) Total For The Week: 512 772 1009 659 618 1386 1424 Amount used for 6380 the day Thoughts on Outcome: The data collected from week 2 actually shows that we used more water than in the first week - this could be due to the fact that mum was away in the first week and back in the second week, and had a lot of dirty washing to do! Effectiveness of the plan: Our Family plan was effective on saving water, as long as everyone remembered to use the timer! Changes to plan and why they were made: there weren't any changes made to the plan. Final Decision on effectiveness of plan: We were already water conscious and this was just another small way to reduce our water usages. One of the biggest water users in our house is the top loader washing machine, we could save more water by investing in a front loader. Having an extra 2 adults in the house made a big difference to Report on Household water usage, Page 3
- 4. our water usage. More washing was being done, more cups of coffee, more showers, and lots more flushing toilets! In the final week of data collection there was only 1 adult and 2 kids at home and our water usage dropped heaps. Final Data week 3 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 TOTAL Morning 411103 411495 411843 412223 412867 413572 414499 1239 (173) (43) (130) (161) (116) (422) (194) Afternoon 411276 411538 411973 412384 412983 413994 414693 1383 (150) (124) (98) (184) (297) (327) (203) Evening 411426 411662 412071 412568 413280 414321 414896 1330 (69) (181) (152) (299) (292) (178) (159) Total For The Week: 392 348 380 644 705 927 556 Amount used for 3952 the day Ease of implementation - thoughts from Family: Mum:Cutting down shower time is fairly easy to do if you remember to set the timer, we are water conscious in our family already. Emma(Sister):Hopefully Santa Claus will bring mum a new washing machine for christmas and then we can really make a difference to our household water usage. Report on Household water usage, Page 4