* India Specific Presentation
* Million liters per day
Which is sufficient only for
200 days..;200 d ys ;
& then
Mumbai’s Domestic per capita water consumption per day (excluding water supplied for industrial demand)
j= just above 100 liters
Mumbai’s Domestic per capita water consumption per day (excluding water supplied for industrial demand)
j= just above 100 liters
W te lied to mo t l m eWater supplied to most slum areas
= 25 liters per day per household (not per capita)#
* Conservative Estimate# According to Bombay Community Public Trust
Mumbai’s Domestic per capita water consumption per day (excluding water supplied for industrial demand)
j= just above 100 liters
W te lied to mo t l m eWater supplied to most slum areas
= 25 liters per day per household (not per capita)#
The other 50% (which is most of ‘US’ who are reading this) consume
190 liters er ca ita er day ^* Conservative Estimate
# According to Bombay Community Public Trust^ Assuming 2.5 members per household in slums (highly conservative estimate) and 100 lpcd water availability on an average across Mumbai (lower than actual)
190 liters per capita per day
My numbers may well be wrong…
but I urge you to answer this for yourself
Read on for answers
All figures henceforth are per capita per day (unless specified otherwise) and are based on a ‘Water Audit’ as part of BIS seminar 2009 & some common sense
New Dual Flush Toilets use only about 3 or 6 liters per flushIf you cant afford to replace your old 1, look up the internet for ways to save water with the older designs
goes down the drains
Be vigilant for leaky/running taps and overflowing tanks, use press handle type taps, turn off taps while brushing. Educate yourfamily members and housemaid. Remember – a tap running for 1 minute means ~ 2 liters of water lost
It takes
Install low flow showers. Make your showers quick.. Or share showers :p
Top loaders use
about 140 liters o 0
per load
Front loaders are more efficient – they use about 50 to 80 liters per load
Buy front loaders. Minimize the number of loads as far as possible
Sum it Up
And remember we have not even accounted for..
Your CarsYour gardens
& Drinking Water
She wont be happy if she is told that grown ups around her could have averted a water crisis..
d d….. but didn’t
Think of this …
Which means ‘No’ or atleast ‘fewer’ “Dry Days”
trust me.. It wont take anything more than a
it t
Which means No or atleast fewer Dry Days
Commitmentto achieve a 2 liter per day saving
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