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Crazy Water

Wasting Facts

  • The US wastes about 1 trillion gallons of water each year.

  • The average American wastes about 9 gallons of water each day.

  • Producing the food for one day for a family of four takes about 6800 gallons of water.

  • A pound of lettuce costs around 15 gallons of water to make, a slice of bread costs 10 gallons to make, and a pound of chocolate can cost up to 2,847 gallons to make.

  • Dishwashers use a little over 1% of indoor water use.

  • Toilets use the most indoor water.

  • Leaks use up 13.7% of indoor water.

  • Showers use nines times more water than baths.

  • Ninety-one gallons of water are used to make half a kilogram of plastic

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