Scary Thought…
Posted by Bryan Lauer, LEED AP in GoGreen on 24-04-2009
What are YOU going to do when one day you turn on the shower and no water comes out? Or you turn on the kitchen sink and no water comes out? Or you turn on your sprinklers and no water comes out?
This could happen in our lifetime if we don’t change the way we WASTE Water. The average person uses 100 Gallons of Water per DAY!
Currently in Tampa, FL, the City of Tampa implemented stringent water restrictions due to the lack of water in our reservoirs. We cannot water our lawn, wash our cars, buildings have to maintain higher temperatures (78) due to the massive amounts of water cooling towers use.
I am all for these restrictions because I would rather drink water than water my lawn or flush a toilet. Water keeps us alive. We need water more than anything. We all need to start being more conscious when using water.
- Turn the water off when you brush your teeth.
- Don’t flush the toilet as much
- Retrofit to Low-Flow, High-Efficiency water fixtures
- Stop Wasting Water!
- Fix leaks
- Go Green
- LEED Certify your building to use less water & energy
- Challenge yourself to use less Water
- Hold yourself accountable
- Think Green
Americans waste more than any country in the world. We are the leader yet we abuse mother nature like it doesn’t matter. This is unacceptable behavior and it needs to change, NOW.
-Bryan Lauer, LEED AP
I am a LEED AP, and I work as a plumbing designer for a consulting engineering firm. I’m doing as much as I can to promote water conservation, but I would like to know where the 100 gallon per person per day number came from. Do you have a breakdown of that number? Even if I take a 10 minute shower with a 2.5 gpm shower head and flush a 3.5 gpf toilet four times I’m only up to 39 gallons. Where does the rest of the 100 come from? Dish washing, clothes washing, car washing?
Check out the epa.gov webpage that will show the 100 gallons per day here- http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/water/why.htm
Anything else just let me know. Keep up the good work! Go Green!