Here's some interesting water facts and stats you may not be aware of:
- Australia's rainfall is the lowest of all continents in the world (excluding Antarctica). Despite this, Australia has one of the highest per capita water consumption rates in the world.
- While two thirds of all the people on Earth use less than 60 litres of water a day, the average Australian uses more than twice that amount during a single shower.
- If everybody in metropolitan Melbourne cut just 1% of their yearly water consumption, there would be enough water saved to fill 2,500 Olympic size swimming pools.
- As of the time of writing:
- Sydney's available water storage is approximately 38%
- Melbourne water storage levels are at approximately 30%
- Brisbane water storage levels are at approximately 20.5%
- Perth water storage levels at approx 21.3%
- Our major cities are on the following water restrictions:
- Sydney - Stage 3 water restrictions
- Melbourne - Stage 3a water restrictions
- Brisbane - Stage 5 water restrictions
- Adelaide - Stage 3 water restrictions
- Perth - Stage 4 water restrictions
- CSIRO modelling predicts that global warming will cut future rainfall in southern Australia by up to 20 per cent.
- A 4 minute shower uses approximately 35 Litres of water. 7 showers per week per year adds up to around 13,100 Litres of water for each person in the household.