Find out the usage of water in litres per day in your home ? Do you actually require that much water and how much water is enough in accordance with National standards ?

Explanation

1) In my house 900 litres of water is being used per day at the average of 225 litres for a person per day (4 members family).
2) Actually this much water is not required.
3) We can conserve at least 400-500 litres of water at the average of 100 to 125 litres per head.
4) In India, the design of water supply system has been done using certain standards.
5) Currently the standard being used is BIS 1179 : 1993, realfirmed in 1998.
6) According to this, for communities with a population between 20,000 to 1,00,000 - 100 to 150 litres per head per day can be considered.
7) For communities with population over 1,00,000 - 150 to 200 litres per head per day can be considered.
8) On the whole, at an average of 150 litres per head per day is enough in accordance with National standards.