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  2. Residential water use in the U.S. and Canada - Wikipedia

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    Water flowing through opened faucets (including kitchen, bathroom, utility sink faucets, and hose bibs) accounts for 19 percent (26.3 gphd, or 100 lphd) of total indoor water use in an average household where faucets are used 51 times per day. On average, faucets are opened for 30 seconds at a flow of 1 gpm (gallons per minute) and an average ...

  3. Daily consumption of drinking water - Wikipedia

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    The recommended daily amount of drinking water for humans varies. [1] It depends on activity, age, health, and environment.In the United States, the Adequate Intake for total water, based on median intakes, is 4.0 litres (141 imp fl oz; 135 US fl oz) per day for males older than 18, and 3.0 litres (106 imp fl oz; 101 US fl oz) per day for females over 18; it assumes about 80% from drink and 20 ...

  4. Nonresidential water use in the U.S. - Wikipedia

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    For example, in a sample of 706 hotels in New York City, average daily water use intensity in 2011 ranged from 60 to 456 gallons per 1000 square feet (g/ksf/d), with the median use of 215 g/ksf/d. [11] In other areas the median use per 1000 square feet were reported at: 257 gallons in Florida, [10] and 219 gallons in Austin, Texas. [11]

  5. Illinois Town's $13 Million Water System Will Remove PFAS - AOL

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    Freeport is a small industrial city of 24,000 in northwest Illinois. For a price tag of $13 million, it's building a new public water system to tap deep into new, uncontaminated water sources.

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  7. Real estate - Wikipedia

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    Real estate in itself has been measured as a contributing factor to the rise in green house gases. According to the International Energy Agency, real estate in 2019 was responsible for 39 percent of total emissions worldwide and 11 percent of those emissions were due to the manufacturing of materials used in buildings. [18]

  8. Population equivalent - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 65 [2] This has been adopted by many countries for design purposes but other values are also in use. For example, a commonly used definition used in Europe is: 1 PE equates to 60 gram of BOD per person per day, and it also equals 200 liters of sewage per day. [3] [4] [5] In the United States, a figure of 80 grams BOD per day is normally used.

  9. Texas City, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Texas City is an unincorporated community in Rector Township, Saline County, Illinois, United States. Texas City is located at the junction of U.S. Route 45 and County Highway 6 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of Eldorado .