Shower | litres per minute |
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Standard | 8 |
Power | 15 |
Electric | 6 |
Low flow | 6 |
Bath: 90 litres
Toilet | litres per flush |
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Very old | 13 |
Standard | 9 |
Dual flush | 5 |
Each person uses basin taps for 2.0 minutes each day
Basin taps | litres per minute |
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standard | 6 |
low flow | 4 |
Your household runs kitchen taps for 0.5 minutes each day. Plus each time you wash up by hand you use 8 litres and each day's cooking requires 3 litres.
Kitchen taps | litres per minute |
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standard | 12 |
low flow | 8 |
The washing machine takes 40 litres for a full load. Dishwashers are more variable:
Dishwasher | litres per cycle |
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old (> 5 years) | 18 |
new (<= 5 years) | 10 |
If you are using mains water in the garden, you do this for 3 months of the year. A hose uses 20 litres per minute, a sprinkler 6 (like a shower). A bucket is 10 litres and a watering can 8 litres. For washing the car, if you use a hose it runs for 10 minutes; if you use a bucket, then 3 bucket fulls.