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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 double click to change this title text! Part A: Household Water Audit double click to change this header text! Water Audit Wash Your Hands -Put a measuring cup at the drain of the sink and measure how many L used. Flush the Toilet-Investigate the brand of the toilet and how many L of water a whole flush uses.Have a Shower-Time your familys showers and work out the average time. Measure how many L of water your showerhead produces per minute by using buckets.Have a Bath-Fill the bath to your preference and then get buckets and scoop the water into the buckets to measure how many L are used.Brush Your Teeth-Put a measuring cup over the drain and as you turn the tap on the water will flow down to the measuring cup and you can identify how many L of water are being used.Drink a Glass of Water-Fill the glass to your preference and then pour it into a measuring cup to measure how many L of water are being used. Drink a 500mL Bottle of Water-From the information given you know that the bottle of water is 500mL, so there is no investigating of how many mL are used. But you then have to convert it to L. Use the Washing Machine-Research the brand of the machine and figure out how many L of water is used for the speed that you mainly tend to use.Water the Garden-Find out how many L your watering can is and then investigate how much of the watering can you use.Use the Dishwasher-Research the brand of the dishwasher and how much waters used for each speed. Then investigate what speed you mainly tend to use and how many L it uses. Washing the Car-Investigate how many L consists of your bucket and work out how many buckets are used to wash the car. Mopping the Floor-Investigate how many L consists of your bucket and work out how many buckets are used to mop the floor.Coffee Machine-Fill up a 1 litre-measuring jug and fill up the coffee machine. Then I would identify how many cups of coffee are drunk until the water runs out then divide 1 litre by the number of coffees that were drunk. Strategies to Obtain my Measurements Boiling Water-Find the average amount of L used in your family when boiling water. Then investigate how many times your family boils water per day.Filling the Pool-Get a bucket and measure how many L of water the hose produces in a minute. Then multiply the amount by how many times used per day.Filling the Iron-Find the average amount of L used when filling the iron and then record how many times it is used per day. Cleaning the Shower-Measure the sizes of the walls within the shower and find out how many L your bucket consists of. Then estimate how much water you think would be suitable for each wall of the shower. How Many Litres of Water Used for Each Activity: 3 Ways Water Can Be Reduced In Our House-Limit the time we are using water by having shorter showers -Only flush the toilet when absolutely necessary-Get a pool cover to reduce evaporation of water from the pool. Water our household could save each year: Money our household could save each year: Part B- Water Footprint 1.The National Water Footprint is used for calculating the total amount of water used to produce the goods and services consumed by the citizens of the country.2.I discovered that the average water footprint for Australia is 2315m3/yr per capita.3.An individual water footprint is used for calculating how much water a person uses to produce goods and services.4.My individual water footprint measured from the National Water Footprint website is 451m3 per year.5.I chose the United States of America as my other choice of country and I compared the footprint of Australia and America. America was 2842m3/yr per capita and Australia was 2315m3/yr per capita. The difference between the two footprints was 527m3/yr per capita. 6.My individual footprint was 451m3 per year and Americas footprint was 2842m3/yr per capita. The difference between the two footprints was 2391m3 per year. I believe that the average American persons water footprint is higher than mine because America is a very large country that consumes larger amounts of water due to the fact that they have a much larger population, they have lots of foods and drinks that contain huge amounts of water and they use lots of water for agricultural purposes. The top five largest daily users of water are the U.S., Australia, Italy, Japan, and Mexico. All of these countries use over 300 litres per day. The countries where water poverty is the worst and water usage is the lowest are Mozambique, Rwanda, Haiti, Ethiopia, and Uganda - these five use 15 litres or less each day. Spreadsheet of Data By Sarah Hartan
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