2. Week one readings
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Totals
Morning 016051 01610129 01614361 01616881 01622697 01626379 01629763 Morning
13 11, 271
Afternoon 016067 01610661 01614814 01619011 01623855 01627421 01631038 Afternoon
73 8,250
Evening 016073 01612615 01615112 01620644 01624738 01628484 01632531 Evening
46 8,791
Total 2233 5269 2497 5532 4094 4746 4047 Total use
used for for week
day 28,418
4. Week one review
After my first week of
recordings I have observed
that the bathroom was taking
up most of our water use.
This was shown by the large
amount of water being used in
the morning, mainly due to
showers. So I put in place a
plan that mainly reduces our
water use in the bathroom. It
also involves re-using water in
the garden.
5. My action plan
Use a four-minute timer when having a shower
Keep a bucket in the shower to collect the water as it
warms up. (Use this water on plants).
Brush teeth while in the shower.
Use dirty fish-tank water on plants.
Use dirty pet water on plants.
Use plastic container of water to rinse dishes, after
cleaning.
Ensure washing machine is full before use.
6. Expected Outcomes
Family:
We think that the action
plan focuses on our key
water uses and should
reduce our water use in
our household.
Outcomes:
I predict that the action
plan will significantly
reduce our water use in
our
household, particularly
our morning water usage.
7. Week two readings
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Mornin 01636724 01636904 01637052 01637131 01637361 01637742 01638058
g
Afternoon 01636772 01636934 01637091 01637227 01637462 01637954 01638240
Evening 01636855 01636991 01637122 01637269 01637625 01638353 01638353
Total 131 136 131 147 356 405 323
used for
day
9. Plan review Plan adjustments
Since my action plan has
After my second week of been working effectively, the
readings it is obvious that my only change will be no
water usage has gone down; longer using part six of the
however a large part of that plan. This part has not
improvement was because of a worked well in our
water leak that was repaired household and will no longer
just before I started my second be used as a a part of the
week of readings. I have action plan.
observed from the readings
that we use more water on
weekends, this is mainly
because of laundry and
watering the garden (which are
mostly done on weekends).
10. Final week readings
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Morning 01638795 01638992 01639066 01639436 01639794 01640044 01640242
Afternoon 01638862 01638995 01639229 01639592 01639869 01640090 01640361
Evening 01638972 01639049 01639350 01639747 01639991 01640159 01640401
Total used 177 77 301 397 244 168 242
for day
12. Final week review
After my final week of
readings, I noted that our total
water use for the week had
decreased by a small
amount. Our morning and
afternoon uses had
decreased, however, our
evening use had increased. I
think this is due to the fact
that showers were being
more focused in the evening.
13. Totals Compared
Total Water Use
30000
20000
10000
0
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
14. Conclusions
It is clear that my water usage
had decreased after my action
plan was put into
place, however the water leak
was wasting a lot of water each
day and was the main reason Observations
my water usage had decreased I have observed from the readings
by so much. I still believe that that we, as a household use the
most water on weekends mainly
my plan was effective and did because of laundry and garden
have an input into lowering our watering . I have also noticed that
water use. shower times also take up the
most water. These observations
indicate high water usage at
certain times of the day and week.