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How can England possibly be running out of water? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 10 points 3 weeks ago

UK households use more water, mostly on showering and bathing, than other comparable European countries, at about 150 litres a day per capita. For France the average is 128, Germany 122 and Spain 120 (although in Italy its 243 litres a day).

Meh. I'm sure that we use more than that in the US.

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https://www.epa.gov/watersense/understanding-your-water-bill

The average American uses around 82 gallons per day per person in the household.

So 310 liters, over double the British average.

https://www.arizonafuture.org/progress-meters/natural-resources/water-use/

It looks like people in Phoenix, Arizona average something like 150 gallons/day for residential stuff, almost twice that again, and they live in a desert.