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Water Usage Rough Estimates

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Water Usage Rough Estimates

Below are rough water usage estimates so that businesses might build an understanding as it pertain to water usage.

FacilityWater Usage
Assembly Halls2 gallons/sea
Apartment Buildings150-200 gallons/unit
Barber Shops55 gallons/day/chair
Beauty Salons270 gallons/day/chair
Bowling Alleys75 gallons/lane
Camps-Day (no meals)15 gallons/person/day
Resorts (day & night with limited plbg)35 gallons/person/day
Country Club per resident100 gallons /day
Country Club per non-resident member25 gallons/day
Factories – with shower35 gallons/shift
Factories – without shower25 gallons/shift
Farms: Cow12 gallons/day
Farms: Cow (dairy)15 gallons/day
Farms: Goat2 gallons/day
Farms: Hog4 gallons/day
Farms: Horse12 gallons/day
Farms: Mule12 gallons/day
Farms: Sheep2 gallons/day
Farms: Steer12 gallons/day
Farms: Chicken/10010 gallons/day
Farms: Turkey/10018 gallons/day
Food & Service Operations: Average restaurant70 gallons/seat
Food & Service Operations: 24 Hour restaurant100 gallons/seat
Food & Service Operations: Hotels.256 gpd/sq ft
Institutions: Hospitals250 gallons/bed
Institutions: Rest Homes100 gallons/bed
Laundries: Coin Operated2.17 gpd/sq. ft.
Laundries: Commercial.253 gpd / sq. ft
Motels100 gallons/unit
Office Building20 gallons/employee
Schools: Day (with cafeteria, gym, shower)25 gallons/ student
Schools: Day ( with cafeteria, gym)20 gallons/student
Schools: Day ( with cafeteria)15 gallons/student
Service Stations (estimate)10 gallons/vehicle
Shopping Centers.160 gpd/sq. ft.
Stores400 gallons/toilet room
Movie Theatres2 gallons/seat
Trailer Parks100 gallons/space

Boilers: to determine daily make up in gallons

  • Multiply boiler horse power by 4.25
  • Then multiply (1) by hours per day operation
  • Then multiply by the % operating rating
  • Then subtract the % of condensate return

Cooling Towers : to determine daily make up in gallons

  • Multiply the tonnage by 4. (This includes 2 gal.(7.6 litre)/hour/ton evaporation and 2 gal (7.6 litre)/hour/ton bleed off}.
  • Then multiply (1) by the hours per day operation.

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