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Nihil

(13,508 posts)
8. But, but, but ... they're doing *so* well!
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 07:20 AM
Aug 2013

>> It also has brought out the best in the citizens of Southern Nevada,
>> who have shown the world that a prosperous desert community can
>> conserve one-third of its water use and bring its residential water
>> footprint down to 75 gallons per person per day.

So they've "brought it down" to ~340 litres per person per day ...

US average is 363-454 litres per day
(http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/qa-home-percapita.html)

FWIW, UK average is 150 litres per day - that's why I had to go
and check the US average as I thought "WTF? 75 gallons pppd?"
(http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/beinggreen/117266.aspx)

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