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myurbandream) wrote2011-12-02 03:17 pm
myurbandream) wrote2011-12-02 03:17 pm
...still be two days til we say we're sorry...
okay this is just messed up:
"The national average daily demand [for water] is 160 gallons per capita per day." - Planning and Urban Design Standards
granted, that factors in all the daily water use in the country - residential, industrial, watering lawns, agricultural ("Agricultural irrigation represents approximately 40 percent of the total water demand nationwide."), everything - and divides by the total number of people in the country. but still. that is a shit-ton of water.
"The national average daily demand [for water] is 160 gallons per capita per day." - Planning and Urban Design Standards
granted, that factors in all the daily water use in the country - residential, industrial, watering lawns, agricultural ("Agricultural irrigation represents approximately 40 percent of the total water demand nationwide."), everything - and divides by the total number of people in the country. but still. that is a shit-ton of water.