HOW MUCH WATER DO WE USE? UTAH'S
WATER SUPPLY
Utah is the nation's second-driest state with 13 inches of average annual precipitation.
HOW MUCH:
Million Acre- Feet/Year Water can be stored in Utah's surface reservoirs? 7.5 Water do Utahn's divert annually 5.1
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF UTAH'S WATER IS DIVERTED FOR:
Agriculture water use? 82.0% Municipal and Industrial? 18.0%
HOW MUCH WATER DO WE USE?
Gallons per Day Taking a bath or shower (per 5 minutes) 15-30 Washing dishes 15-60 Washing clothes 30 Cooking 10 Drinking 1/2 Toilets (per flush) 4-7 Washing the car 100 Water lawn and yard 180 Dripping faucet (1 drop per second) 4
WATER VOLUME OF SOME UTAH LAKES AND RESERVOIRS:
Normal Capacity
(Acre-Feet)
Bear Lake 1,420,000
Utah Lake 850,000
Great Salt Lake (elv. 4200) 15,370,140
Strawberry 1,107,000
Flaming Gorge 3,789,000
Lake Powell 28,000,000
Jordanelle 320,000
There are approximately 326,000,000 cubic miles of water
on earth, covering 70 percent of the earth's surface.
WHAT PERCENTAGE IS:
Oceans 97.24% Polar ice, glacier 2.15% Groundwater 0.61% Lakes 0.017% Soil 0.005% Atmosphere 0.0001% Rivers 0.00001%
HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE SERVING OF:
GALLONS Corn 61 Lettuce 6 Apples 16 Tomatoes 3 Oranges 22 Watermelon 100 Potatoes 6.5 Wheatbread 15 Milk 65 Cola soft drink 10 Steak 2,607 Pork 408 Chicken 408 Eggs (2) 136 Typical breakfast 209 Typical lunch 1,427 Typical dinner 2,897
ACRE-FOOT
One acre-foot equals approximately 326,000 gallons, enough to fill a football field to a depth of one foot or to supply the water needs of an family of five for a year. The average family in Utah (3.2 pph) uses about two thirds of an acre-foot