simply metering a person\'s home and charging them based on the amount they use

Question

simply metering a person's home and charging them based on the amount they use rather than a flat fee can cause consumption to drop by 15% or more. If, in an unmetered family home, the four residents each use a typical 60 gallons per person of water per day, how much water does the whole family use in a typical non leap-year? If installing a meter were to cause them to reduce their usage by 15%, how much water would this save over a typical non leap-year in gallons? If water costs $5.00 per 1,000 gallons (the current price of EBMUD water), how much would this reduction in use because of metering save the family per year?

Explanation / Answer

Water used by whole family in a non -leap year = 60 *4 *365 = 87600 gallons. water saved by metering the family per year = .15 * 87600 = 13140 gallons. if 1000 gallons cost 5$ , 13140 gallons cost = 13140 * 5 / 1000 = 65.7 $

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse S
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.