# How Much Water Do You Use?

*Published:* 2008-01-08
*Author:* Sheryl Canter

![Sheryl Canter](/climate411/wp-content/files/2007/12/sheryl_canter.png)*This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.*

![water drops](/climate411/wp-content/files/2008/01/water_drops.png)[When you save water, you save energy](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/11/07/water_and_energy/) – and vice versa. [Carbon calculators](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/05/15/yahoo_calculator/) can give you some idea of your [carbon footprint](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/05/10/carbon_footprint/), but most don’t take into account your water usage. How much water do you use? Now you can find out.

A new Web site, [H2O Conserve](http://h2oconserve.org/), offers an [H2O Calculator](http://h2oconserve.org/wc.php?pd=ca). I tried it, and it said I used 479.88 gallons per day (I do?). The average American uses 1189.3 gallons of water per day, so I guess it’s not as bad as it sounds.

The site also includes a comprehensive [tips section](http://h2oconserve.org/tip.php?pd=tip) for learning how to use less water.