Water Conservation | Water Facts

We each use 150 litres of clean treated water every day.

Over one third of the water we use at home goes down the toilet - each flush can use between 6 and 13 litres of water depending on the size of the toilet cistern.

This increases to two thirds in schools for toilet and urinal flushing.

A running tap can use up to 9 litres of water a minute.

A dripping tap can waste up to 30 litres of water a day.

A washing machine uses up to 80 litres of water per cycle whether it’s full or not, and a dishwasher between 22 and 35 litres per cycle.

A bath uses up to 80 litres of water and a shower 35 litres of water. A power shower (one with a pump) can use almost the same amount of water as a bath.

Garden sprinklers use an enormous amount of water, up to 650 litres per hour. That’s as much as one person would use in 4 days!