Natalie Lamb and the 80 litre challenge

I participated in a Smarter Drop Challenge with Anglian Water in February, where I completed a daily water diary and a weekly water meter reading in an attempt to see if I could get my daily water usage to be under 80l/person/day. After getting over the first hurdle in the challenge (finding my water meter), the real challenge began. One month of water saving.

Week One
I used the figures given to me my the people running the challenge to calculate the total water use using the water diary. I was surprised at how much water was used washing my hands. I didn't take a meter reading before I began so didn't add a meter reading column.










Week Two
Finally got my meter reading and it worked out to be 71 l/pp/day. Win! The most usage seemed to be from washing hands still.

Week Three
I used slightly less water this week because of washing my hands less- not necessarily a good thing!

Week Four
I managed to use less water again this week, using the water diary. It doesn't reflect in the meter reading because of how low the values are.

Week Five
I didn't take a meter reading this week because it wasn't a full week.

Overall the challenge went well and I managed to stick to below the 80l. I found the water diary difficult and time consuming to complete, even though I produced a Google Sheet to make it easier.