Water in the home
How water wise are you?
Despite being the driest inhabited continent on the planet, Australians are the world’s biggest users of water, averaging out that each person uses around 100,000 litres of water every year. That’s almost 275 litres every day!
All that is just for our own personal use, too. When you take into account the water used for things like growing our food, and making products we use, Australians use around 1 million litres per person, every year.
Now that we’ve collected the water, and got it to your tap, it’s over to you! We all need to play our part in being water wise, so the water cycle can continue to support life all over the planet. Think about the different rooms in your house, which ones use water? How much water do you think you use in a year?
Water in the kitchen
The kitchen is a big part of how much water gets used at home, around 10% of household water is used to cook, clean, and of course, for drinking water as well. How can you be more water wise in your kitchen?
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Water in the bathroom
The kitchen is a big part of how much water gets used at home, around 10% of household water is used to cook, clean, and of course, for drinking water as well. How can you be more water wise in your kitchen?
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Water in the laundry
The kitchen is a big part of how much water gets used at home, around 10% of household water is used to cook, clean, and of course, for drinking water as well. How can you be more water wise in your kitchen?
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Water outside
Does your house have a garden? Is washing the car one of your jobs? Do you have a pool or outdoor hot tub? Outdoor water usage can, for some homes, be as much as half of the household’s total water usage!
But there are still some tips and tricks that can help you be more water wise in the yard.
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Water at school or work
It might not be in our own homes, but when we’re out and about – at school, at work, at a sports event, or out shopping – there are still ways that we can be water wise wherever we are. The more that each of us does individually, the more we all achieve as a whole. How can you be more water wise at school?
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