I live in a town called South Brunswick in central New Jersey I happen to live very close to our water supply. We get our supply of water from underground aquifers usually in Elizabethtown. I have never realized, but as I drive on Miller Road and through the places bordering my town I have passed by places that we get our water supply from. Most places in my town get there water from aquifers and our water is all underground. However, I do know that there is an older part of South Brunswick that only get their water from personal wells. There are around four places in South Brunswick that has wells, one on Jamesburg Road, Georges Road, Broadway Road and Miller Road. The South Brunswick Water Division owns all of the wells in the township. They have a range of depth from 118 to 170 feet and they were all completed in between 1963 and 1998.
TOTAL: 67.3 gallons
The top three areas of water use that I prioritize for this experiments are cooking drinking and washing. The biggest struggle to cut down water use is definitely coming from my morning shower. I like to take a shower in the morning to wake myself up, however with restricted water it can not nearly be as long as usual, in fact I could not even take a shower I have to change my shower to more of a sponge bath since showers use 2 gallons of water per minute at least. Not only do I have to cut down my morning shower to a sponge bath but I have to make sure that there is enough water to cook and clean the dishes after. Instead of boiling my broccoli as I sometimes like to do I would have to bake it or pan fry instead since most of my water will be used up by bathing. At first I thought that I could scratch having cooking water so that I could add water to my sponge bath however once I thought about it I realized that if I didn’t clean my dishes then I could potentially get bugs or have mold form and I also had to use the bathroom. Overall my whole day is dependent on water and depending on my geography I may feel the need to use more water especially in a much hotter climate.
Hi Sabrina, my name is Omar. Here’s a link to my post: http://geog030.dutton.psu.edu/2016/02/09/module-4-omar-montasser/
It’s interesting to see that you use about 60 gallons of water on a daily basis, that’s like half of what I consume. A notable difference is I consume more water when showering. Also, I liked the idea of doing a sponge bath to save water, I think that would reduce the water consumption significantly. I agree with you that climate affects our water use, hot climate definitely demands more water usage.
Hey Sabrina, my name is Shelby Epstein and I am a freshman at Penn State University Park! After viewing your blog, I came across that some parts of your town use wells for their water supply! In my town, Doylestown PA, our water comes from three different areas, some parts are supplied from 13 wells, some parts are supplied with ground water, and other parts supplied from surface water from the Forest Park Treatment Plant nearby. In your third paragraph, I also said that I need to take showers with less amounts of time to conserve water! Great Job!!
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Hey Sabrina, my name is Shelby Epstein and I am a freshman at Penn State University Park! After viewing your blog, I came across that some parts of your town use wells for their water supply! In my town, Doylestown PA, our water comes from three different areas, some parts are supplied from 13 wells, some parts are supplied with ground water, and other parts supplied from surface water from the Forest Park Treatment Plant nearby. In your third paragraph, I also said that I need to take showers with less amounts of time to conserve water! Great Job!!