ECONOMICS
SCARCITY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A leaky faucet can waste 100 gallons a day. An average bath requires 37 gallons of water. An average family of four uses 881 gallons of water per week just by flushing the toilet. The average 5-minute shower takes 15-25 gallons of water–around 40 gallons are used in 10 minutes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Watering with a typical sprinkler using a standard 5/8” garden hose for one hour uses about 1, 020 gallons of water; if you water three times per week, that’s about 12, 240 gallons per month.
Detailed explanation-3: -A leak can lose up to 700 – 1, 400 gallons of water in 24 hours. A single leak in toilet supply line, which flows at 2-3 gallons per minute, can lose up to 3, 000-4, 000 gallons each day. A washing machine hose can leak up to 10-12 gallons per minute, causing the loss of more than 12, 000 gallons in 24 hours.
Detailed explanation-4: -So, by many repeat experiments of dripping water into the cylinder, there are about 3, 000 drips in a liter of water. A gallon is equal to 3.7854 liters, so, by the math (3, 000 times 3.7854), we have about 15, 100 drips per gallon from your faucet.