Category FAQs Search : Sibu Water Board
Question: DID YOU KNOW???
Answer: (Interesting common knowledge)
Approximately 14-25% of a household’s water usage occurs in the bathroom,20% in the toilet, 15-35% in the laundry,
The basin tap can use up to 15 litres of water a minute
Washing your hands can use up to 5 litres of water
An average shower uses 20 litres of water a minute. A 15-minute shower uses a massive 300 litres
The amount of water that is used in one flush of a normal western toilet is equivalent to the total amount a person in the developing world uses in a whole day
Washing only full loads of clothes can save up to 10 litres of water
Washing clothes in the laundry trough uses 40 litres of water
A half-full sink hold around 12 litres of water
Washing dishes bi hands uses about 18 litres of water
A kitchen tap uses around 15-20 litres a minute
A dripping tap can waste up to anywhere from 30-200 litres a day. That is over 70,000 litres a year!
Your hot water system can develop leaks and drips
Washing the car with the hose running, wastes 50-300 litres of water
Watering your plants in hot weather can waste 75% of the water used through evaporation
(Source: Sibu Water Board, 13 May 2020)
Source Link: https://www.swb.gov.my/page-0-183-99-Service-Applications.html