* India Specific Presentation

* Million liters per day

Which is sufficient only for

200 days..;200 d ys ;

& then

Mumbai’s Domestic per capita water consumption per day (excluding water supplied for industrial demand)

j= just above 100 liters

Mumbai’s Domestic per capita water consumption per day (excluding water supplied for industrial demand)

j= just above 100 liters

W te lied to mo t l m eWater supplied to most slum areas

= 25 liters per day per household (not per capita)#

* Conservative Estimate# According to Bombay Community Public Trust

Mumbai’s Domestic per capita water consumption per day (excluding water supplied for industrial demand)

j= just above 100 liters

W te lied to mo t l m eWater supplied to most slum areas

= 25 liters per day per household (not per capita)#

The other 50% (which is most of ‘US’ who are reading this) consume

190 liters er ca ita er day ^* Conservative Estimate

# According to Bombay Community Public Trust^ Assuming 2.5 members per household in slums (highly conservative estimate) and 100 lpcd water availability on an average across Mumbai (lower than actual)

190 liters per capita per day

My numbers may well be wrong…

but I urge you to answer this for yourself

Read on for answers

All figures henceforth are per capita per day (unless specified otherwise) and are based on a ‘Water Audit’ as part of BIS seminar 2009 & some common sense

New Dual Flush Toilets use only about 3 or 6 liters per flushIf you cant afford to replace your old 1, look up the internet for ways to save water with the older designs

goes down the drains

Be vigilant for leaky/running taps and overflowing tanks, use press handle type taps, turn off taps while brushing. Educate yourfamily members and housemaid. Remember – a tap running for 1 minute means ~ 2 liters of water lost

It takes

Install low flow showers. Make your showers quick.. Or share showers :p

Top loaders use

about 140 liters o 0

per load

Front loaders are more efficient – they use about 50 to 80 liters per load

Buy front loaders. Minimize the number of loads as far as possible

Sum it Up

And remember we have not even accounted for..

Your CarsYour gardens

& Drinking Water

She wont be happy if she is told that grown ups around her could have averted a water crisis..

d d….. but didn’t

Think of this …

Which means ‘No’ or atleast ‘fewer’ “Dry Days”

trust me.. It wont take anything more than a

it t

Which means No or atleast fewer Dry Days

Commitmentto achieve a 2 liter per day saving

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