2. How Much Water I
Used Before I
Implemented My
action Plan
Here is a table showing Morning 720L
the amount of water I
used on average on the Afternoon 1200L
first week of my
Evening 730L
readings.
TOTAL 2650L
3. My Action Plan
• ACTION PLAN!
• Shorter showers (5 mins). –everyone except twins.
– Save approx. 180L a day
– Family comments: mum thinks that shorter showers are one of the
most effective ways to save water.
• Use less than 1 cup to brush teeth each day (morning & night). – everyone
– Save approx. half- 1L
– Family comments: mum thinks that half a cup would be sufficient to
brush your teeth.
• Set the washing machine at mums to eco mode. –mum
– save maybe 30L a day
– Family comments: mum says that because we don’t have an eco mode
we will do shorter cycles.
4. My Action Plan Page 2
• Maximum of 2 showers a day? – everyone (except while sick or other special
circumstances)
– Save maybe 50L a day on average
– Family comments: mum thinks that we only need 1 shower a day but is fine with 2.
• Max 2 cups of tea- for me
– Save maybe .2L a day
– Family comments: mum says that although it a small thing everything helps to
reduce water use.
• Put a brick in the toilet cistern- toilet
– Save maybe 15L a day
– Family comments: we are renting so we can’t do this because of the risk to the
toilet
• Only put clothes in the wash if they actually need to be washed- everyone
– 10L day on average
– Family comments: mum is quite appreciative of this because she does all the
washing.
5. How Effective Was My Week
2 Action Plan?
My week two action plan was extremely effective. I
saved a whole heap of water .
Here is a table showing
how much water I used in Morning 382L
the second week. Afternoon 645L
Evening 213L
TOTAL 1240
6. My Week 3 Action Plan
• I only changed three things in my action plan
because of how little they save and because I
cant do one.
7. How Effective Was My Week
3 Action Plan?
My week three action plan was very effective
too.
Here is a table showing how
much water I used in the Morning 220L
third week.
Afternoon 328L
Evening 472L
TOTAL 1020L
8. So How Much Water Did I
Save?
We saved an incredibly high amount of water (a day) using my week
two and three action plan
Week 1 0 Litres
Here is a table showing Week 2 1410 Litres
how much water I saved
over the three weeks on Week 3 1630 Litres
an average day.
9. What will I do in the
future?
• biggest saver=shorter showers (from 15-20mins to
4mins)
• most of my family used to have long showers
• I love long showers but now I know that they are bad
10. My dad lives in a flat so for most
of my not applicables I am at my
dads My Table of Readings (Week 1)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
Sat 25/8 Sun 26/8 Mon 27/8 Tue 28/8
AVERAGES
Morning
N-A 0L 600 L 676L
at My
Dads
9:45AM
1013854
7:55AM
1015501 720 L
7:00AM
1016531
Afternoon
N-A 1200 L N-A N-A
at My
Dads
1:40PM
1014825
At Drama
Until
6:00PM
1200 L
At My
Dads
Evening
N-A 761 L 354 L 1077L
at My
Dads
6:50PM
1014901
7:15PM
1015855 730 L
7:30PM
1017607
TOTAL
N-A 1961 954 1753
at My
Dads L L L 2650 L
AVERAGES
11. My Table of Readings (Week 2)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 averages
Morning
N-A N-A 312 L 473 L 361 L
At my dads At My
Dads
7:55AM
1021413
7:30AM
1022324
382 L
7:35AM
1023464
Afternoon
N-A 0L N-A 645 L N-A
At my dads 4:25PM
1020979
At drama
until
5:00PM
1022969
645 L
At my
dads
6:00PM
Evening
N-A 122 L 384 L 134 L N-A
8:45PM
At my dads 8:20PM
1021101 1021797 1023103 At my
dads
213 L
TOTAL
N-A 122 L 696 L 1252 L 361 L
At my dads
12. My Table of Readings (Week 3)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 averages
Morning
N-A N-A 0 L 457 L 297 L 220 L
At my At my 7:25AM 7:55AM 7:35AM
1027484 1028776 1029735
dads dads
Afternoon
N-A N-A N-A 328 L N-A 328 L
At my At my At my dads 5:05PM At my dads
1029104
dads dads
Evening
N-A N-A 835 L 334 L N-A 472 L
At my At my 8:20PM 8:10PM At my dads
0283191 1029438
dads dads
TOTAL
N-A N-A 835 L 1119 L 297 L
At my At my
dads dads
