Flushing Away Our Future Data Chart

Personal Use:

  1. What size is your toilet tank? _____________(5, 3.5,1.6 gallons)
  2. How many times a day do you flush the toilet? ___________
  3. Now use the data chart to calculate how many gallons of water you use per day when flushing the toilet.

Toilet Flushes Data Chart

Your Name

X

Flushes per day

=

Total flushes per day

 

X

 

=

 

Flushes per day

X

(Choose yours)
5 gallons/flush
3.5 gallons/flush
1.6 gallons/flush

=

Gallons of water per day

 

X

 

=

 

I use __________ gallons of water per day by flushing the toilet.

Now multiply how much water you use, by the number of people in your family.

Number in family

X

Gallons of water per day

=

 
 

X

 

=

 

My family uses _________ gallons of water per day to flush the toilet.