Question

4) How many gallons of water does a person in a less developed culture for drinking and cooking? Compare this to the amount of water a typical person in the US uses per day. Explain with some examples of ways in which the goods and services in the US use water.

Answer 1

Answer 1)-Average person uses about 80 gallons of water per day.A person in less developed culture like africa uses 5 gallons water per day compared to a person in uses 100 gallons per day.Americans use more water per person than citizens of any other country-457018 gallons per head per year. Answer 2-More than 40% of water in America is used to produce electric power,irrigation uses 34% of water,public supply uses 9% ,industrial 6% ,mining 1%,livestock 1%,