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Water Requirement Calculation

The average daily need of a person is 100 liters. Usage varies according to people’s lives, waste and patterns.

Area of Use Consumption Unit
Housing in rural areas 40-60 L/day/person
Worker housing 40-100 L/day/person
Hot spring 150-250 L/day/person
Housing in cities with up to 100 000 inhabitants 100-250 L/day/person
Housing in cities with over 100 000 inhabitants 150-300 L/day/person
Housing with bathroom and toilet 100-220 L/day/person
Housing without bathroom and toilet 50-100 L/day/person
Housing without bathroom and toilet 25-40 L/day/person
1 Bathroom with shower 40-100 L/day/person
1 seated bath 35-50 L/day/person
1 bathroom with bathtub 150-400 L/day/person
1 Use of bidet 15-20 L/day/person
1 small children’s bathroom 30-40 L/day/person
1 toilet bowl cleaning 6-12 L/day/person
1 sink use 15-30 L/day/person
Drinking, cooking, cleaning 20-30 L/day/person
Dishwasher 20 L/day/person
Washing machine 20-40 L/day/person
Irrigation of commercial gardens, per m2 0,3-3 L/day/m2
Vegetable garden, per hectare 3000-4000 L/day/hectare
Orchards, per hectare 4000-6000 L/day/hectare
Guest house, hostel 100 L/day/person
Hotels 200-600 L/day/bed
Luxury hotel 1100 L/day/room
Schools 5 L/day/student
Kindergartens 100-120 L/day/child
Hospitals 250-650 L/day/patient
Offices, workplaces 40-60 L/day/person
Shopping centers 3-5 L/day/m2
Cafeterias 15-25 L/day/customer
Restaurants 20-100 L/day/customer
Gyms 20-30 L/day/person
Saunas 130-180 L/day/person
Swimming pools 50-150 L/day/person