What percentage of your state’s total water use is domestic use?

Percent of Total Use = (Domestic use per capita [Table ?] ÷ Total use
per capita [Table ?]) × ???. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a
percent. What will be an ideal response?


Highest and lowest domestic water use per capita
State Domestic water-use rate per capita
gallons/person/day
Highest Nevada 207
Your state Example: Arizona 134
Lowest Wisconsin 55


Example (Arizona): (134 gpc domestic ÷ 1619 gpc total) × 100 = 8.3%

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