{"id":347,"date":"2008-01-08T16:47:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T20:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/01\/08\/h2o_calculator\/"},"modified":"2008-01-23T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T20:42:08","slug":"h2o_calculator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2008\/01\/08\/h2o_calculator\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Water Do You Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"80\" alt=\"Sheryl Canter\" src=\"\/climate411\/wp-content\/files\/2007\/12\/sheryl_canter.png\" align=\"left\" class=\"blogAuthorPic\" \/><i>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" alt=\"water drops\" src=\"\/climate411\/wp-content\/files\/2008\/01\/water_drops.png\" align=\"right\" class=\"blogImgRight\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/11\/07\/water_and_energy\/\">When you save water, you save energy<\/a> &#8211; and vice versa. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/05\/15\/yahoo_calculator\/\">Carbon calculators<\/a> can give you some idea of your <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/05\/10\/carbon_footprint\/\">carbon footprint<\/a>, but most don&#8217;t take into account your water usage. How much water do you use? Now you can find out.<\/p>\n<p>A new Web site, <a href=\"http:\/\/h2oconserve.org\/\">H<sub>2<\/sub>O Conserve<\/a>, offers an <a href=\"http:\/\/h2oconserve.org\/wc.php?pd=ca\">H<sub>2<\/sub>O Calculator<\/a>. 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&#8217;s not as bad as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>The site also includes a comprehensive <a href=\"http:\/\/h2oconserve.org\/tip.php?pd=tip\">tips section<\/a> for learning how to use less water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense. When you save water, you save energy &#8211; and vice versa. Carbon calculators can give you some idea of your carbon footprint, but most don&#8217;t take into account your water usage. How much water do you use? 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