Go to www.watercalculator.org. Take the survey. Make your best estimates.
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Question 1
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When you see this icon, take a break.
Record your DIRECT WATER USE below, and then continue the survey.
After you finish the survey, you will see “What are you most interested in?”
select: "Getting My Water Footprint."
When asked “What do you most want to learn about?”
select: "Indoor Water Use".
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Question 2
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When you are finished, record the following:
Your personal water footprint (gallons/day)
Your household water footprint (gallons/day)
Convert that number from gallons to liters.
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Question 3
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How does your personal water footprint compare to the national average, as a percentage?
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Question 4
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Scroll down through your results and find out how many gallons of water you use for showering and bathing. Convert that number from gallons to liters.
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Question 5
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Viewing your results, find three categories where your usage is much different than the national average, either higher or lower. Choose one to share below.
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Question 6
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If you had to reduce your water footprint by 1/3 (33%), could you find a way to do so? What could you change about your lifestyle that would have that effect? Take a look at the tips-->
for your largest usage categories to see where you could reduce water usage.
Before you close the window, either email the water footprint to yourself
or print your results as a pdf, and save to your google drive for future reference.
