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Water Footprint Calculator

Find out how many gallons of water you use each day and how your habits compare to the national average.

Bathroom

Shower (minutes/day)

Average showerhead: 2.5 gal/min

Baths per week

About 36 gallons per bath

Toilet flushes per day

Standard flush: 1.6 gallons

Faucet use (minutes/day)

Cooking, hand-washing, etc. (2 gal/min)

Laundry loads per week

About 20 gallons per load

Dishwasher runs per week

About 6 gallons per cycle

Lawn/garden watering (minutes/week)

Garden hose: ~12 gal/min

What best describes your diet?

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Virtual water is the hidden water used to produce the food you eat.

gallons per day

-- gallons per year

The US average is about 82 gallons of direct water use per day.