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The recommended daily amount of drinking water for humans varies. [1] It depends on activity, age, health, and environment. In the United States, the Adequate Intake for total water, based on median intakes, is 4.0 litres (141 imp fl oz; 135 US fl oz) per day for males older than 18, and 3.0 litres (106 imp fl oz; 101 US fl oz) per day for ...
Water flowing through opened faucets (including kitchen, bathroom, utility sink faucets, and hose bibs) accounts for 19 percent (26.3 gphd, or 100 lphd) of total indoor water use in an average household where faucets are used 51 times per day. On average, faucets are opened for 30 seconds at a flow of 1 gpm (gallons per minute) and an average ...
This is an average amount per capita of 1.385 Gm 3 /yr., or 3.800 liters per person per day. [42] On average 92% of this is embedded in agricultural products consumed, 4.4% in industrial products consumed, and 3.6% is domestic water use. The global water footprint related to producing goods for export is 1.762 Gm 3 /y. [43]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reports that water intake is "significantly lower" in older adults: an average of 36 ounces a day for the 60-plus crowd, compared with 51 ounces ...
“As a broad benchmark, about 3.7 liters for the average adult man and 2.7 liters for the average adult woman is needed daily," says Yaa Boakye, ... Benefits of Drinking Water All Day Long.
Well, this isn't good: A large percentage of Americans don't drink enough water, and dehydration is especially common as people age. In fact, up to 28% of older Americans aren't meeting their ...
In the United States, the typical water consumption per capita, at home, is 69.3 US gallons (262 L; 57.7 imp gal) of water per day. [9] [10] Of this, only 1% of the water provided by public water suppliers is for drinking and cooking. [11] Uses include (in decreasing order) toilets, washing machines, showers, baths, faucets, and leaks.
There are 113 thousand commercial car washes in the U.S. and about 8 million cars are washed each day. [34] Average use of fresh water to wash a car is about 38 gallons per vehicle (gpv) in automatic bay and conveyor types and about 15 gallons in self-service bays. [35] Significantly less fresh water is needed in washes with reclaim water systems.