1-A:  The water we use for all the houses in my immediate neighborhood come from the same freshwater spring.  The spring is located down the road and hill at my brother’s house, where it is pumped from a small collection shed directly to his basement.  From there it is channeled into his house, and then into the barn that is located 50 feet from his house, this is to water the animals located in that particular barn.  From there the water is pumped up the hill to the main barn, which is 50 feet from the main house, which is where I live.  If the water is not turned on in the barn then it is pumped into our house, and after that it reaches its final stop 50 yards behind the main house in a small, one story, motel where my sister lives.  All waste water is pumped into a collection tank in a yard next to the main barn.  So with all that being said water pressure is best at my brothers and worst at my sisters respectively.  If water is turned on in either barn the water pressure to the house is very limited, so you can easily tell when the water is running.  The water pressure situation is a very touchy subject on the farm, nobody seems to like it when there isn’t sufficient pressure to take a shower, or fill up a pot of water quickly. 

1-B:  When I ran the first fresh water calculator it calculated that I use somewhere around 87.25 gallons of water a day.  This is very interesting and partly concerning seeing an actual figure calculated.  My answers for the calculator are as follows.  I roughly wash my hands 5 times a day, but for less than a second at a time, it’s more of just rinsing them off.  The calculator gave me 1 gallon, which I think could be a little lower.  I answered that I wash dishes by hand about once per day which consumes 8-27 gallons of water depending on how quick and what kind of faucet I have.  I brush my teeth twice a day, and I always turn the faucet off while brushing, so I use less than a gallon of water.  I flush the toilet on average 5 times a day and that was calculated to use 3 gallons per flush, so that’s 15 gallons alone.  I take one, ten minute shower per day which uses 5 gallons per minute with an older shower head, which would add up to 50 gallons of water.  Finally I drink about 4 glasses of water a day, which at 8 oz. of water is less than a gallon per day.  All in all I see multiple ways in which to cut down on water usage, for one I can take shorter showers, I could be more efficient in washing dishes.  Those two are the core usage of water I use per day and cutting those two down can greatly reduce my water usage. 

1-C:   To look at this scenario realistically I don’t think I can possible do it.  I wouldn’t be able to take a shower, or flush the toilet, or wash the dishes that day.  To me I think I have three options, I could take one shower a day with two separate gallon buckets.  Or I could flush the toilet once per day, or I could wash the dishes once per day.  To sustain life the body needs 32 oz. of water a day, which is less than a gallon per day.  This morning I filled up an 8oz glass of water and used that to brush my teeth, then emptied it out and filled it again to rinse my hair before class.  That’s 16oz of water this morning.  I filled up my water bottle after my first class which holds 16 oz. of water.  I didn’t wash any dishes today, and being male it allows myself to be able to pee outside, which I did at home in the bushes which really helped me pass this test.  This test wasn’t fun but it really opened my eyes to the limitations and hardships people go through when we take those same things for granted here in a more stable country.