Water Waste

Water covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface and is a very important resource for people and the environment.

A leaky faucet can waste 100 gallons a day. If every household in America had a faucet that dripped once each second, 928 million gallons of water a day would leak away.

Americans now use 127 percent more water than we did in 1950

Every day in the United States, we drink about 110 million gallons of water.

Running the tap while brushing your teeth can waste 4 gallons of water.

About 95 percent of the water entering our homes goes down the drain.

An average US family uses 127,000 gallons of water per year.