I'm sitting here thinking about my personal water intake. Ever since working on the DROP campaign and learning more about our consumption of fresh water here in the good ol U.S. of A, I've really cut back my usage in a number of ways. (go me)

1. I NEVER drink bottled water. Not going to pay for that nonsense, espceically when the tap is delicious.

2. Not sure if I should admit this, but I have reduced my shower time to approx. 3-5 minutes. (after learning that non-low flow shower heads use approx. 5-7 gallons A MINUTE) Not only that by I try and take showers every other day to reduce the use.

3. I sign every petition given to me from Food and Water Watch. It makes me feel like I'm doing my part on that whole advocacy side of the world.

4. I turn off the tap when brushing the teeth, washing the face, basically doing anything in the sink region of the world.

5. No LAWN. The beauty of apartment style living along with the no CAR thing too. Saves me money, saves me water.

6. Reduce my meat intake. It really blew my mind looking at the facts about meat production - using close to 5,000 liters of water for one 1/4 pound of hamburger. YIKES.

So, here I am feeling a swell about my stuff. "oh Lauren, you're such a great water activist.." Then I took the ..dh , duh, duhhhhhhhh...H20 Water Calculator. 

The Results?

693 gallons of water A DAY- Holy crap.

One thing to feel good about , the average is 1,190

Just goes to show, even living smaller impact lives still means we live in a pretty affluent place where thinking about how much water we consume is pretty much off the radar.

Take the test and see if you rock the water world.