Assuming a household water consumption of 70 gallons per day per capita, what was the total amount of water that was consumed during 2010 by all of the people in the United States? (Note: The population of the United States in 2010 was about 309 million people.) How much water would have been saved if the per capita consumption was reduced to 60 gallons per day?

What will be an ideal response?


total household water consumption in the U.S. in 2010



Reduction in the total household water consumption

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