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For example, in a sample of 706 hotels in New York City, average daily water use intensity in 2011 ranged from 60 to 456 gallons per 1000 square feet (g/ksf/d), with the median use of 215 g/ksf/d. [11] In other areas the median use per 1000 square feet were reported at: 257 gallons in Florida, [10] and 219 gallons in Austin, Texas. [11]
The drinking water intake for Cary and Apex — they share a water system — is about six miles northeast, in Jordan Lake about 500 feet from the eastern landing of U.S. 64.
Governmental units allocated water from Jordan Lake at that time were the Towns of Cary and Apex (32 mgd), Chatham County (6 mgd), City of Durham (10 mgd), Town of Holly Springs (2 mgd), Town of Morrisville (3.5 mgd), Orange County (1 mgd), Orange Water & Sewer Authority (5 mgd), and Wake County - RTP South (3.5 mgd).
Each load uses on average 29.3 gallons (111 liters) of water. According to EPA, a full-sized Energy Star certified clothes washer (with "water factor" - WF ≤ 8.0 gal/cycle/ft^3) should use on average 15 gallons (57 liters) of water per load, compared to at least two times that volume used by a standard machine. [14]
Greenville Water customers inside city limits will now pay a $5.20 base fee and $1.68 per 1,000 gallons used – an increase from $4.52 and $1.47, respectively. ... Water rates will rise by 6% in ...
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that about half of North Carolina is in moderate to severe drought, with only parts or all of about a dozen of 100 counties having received normal rainfall for the year.
Walnut Creek is a 17.93 mi (28.86 km) long 4th order tributary to the Neuse River in Wake County.Its source is Maynard Pond in south-central Cary, and it flows generally eastward through several small reservoirs, including Lake Cramer in Cary as well as Lake Johnson and Lake Raleigh in Raleigh, before reaching its confluence with the Neuse just south of Poole Road in East Raleigh.
Over the 2,000 gallons minimum, rate tiers per 1,000 gallons increased from about $3.11 to $5.08, the documents show. ... Raw water per 1,000 gallons also rose from 97 cents to $1.12 for all ...