Reading the Town of Cary's newsletter is often an educational experience. A while ago, I learned to call 911 instead of email city hall during an emergency. Now, I'm learning some amazing new capabilities of math.

In Cary, an average household uses between 25,000 and 35,000 gallons of water a year. By fully adopting water-efficient products and practices, you can save approximately 30,000 gallons per year - enough to supply 150 homes with drinking water for an entire year!

You mean these water-efficient practices can not only help me save 100% of the water a single average household uses per year, but that amount of savings will then be enough to supply 150 other homes?!

I, for one, think we should commend those 150 other households for using less than 1% of the average, apparently forgoing bathing, and, by my calculations, only flushing the toilet 4 times a week.

Posted by JoshC at February 13, 2008 11:24 PM

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