1a. My lake house in located in Uniondale, PA. There all the houses operate on their own well water system. The way a well water system works is the well is located 60 feet under the ground outside of our house. The water is pumped out of the ground automatically using a jet pump that sits on top of the ground and draws water out of the ground to create water pressure for the hose. The well at my house has a storage tank that stores the water before is it pumped again into the house, but not all wells have a storage tank. When the water goes through the drains and is disposed, it goes into a sewage tank that in located in my back yard underground. It then leaves the sewage tank and goes to a sewage treatment plant where the water is purified and filtered. After being filtered, it is then released into the Lackawanna River which eventually leads into the Susquehanna River.
1b.
| Activities | Amount of water used |
| 10 minutes shower (once) | 50 gallons |
| Toilet flushes (six times) | 6 gallons |
| Water I drank (64 oz) | ½ gallon |
| Teeth brushing (two times) | 2 gallons |
| Face washing/hand washing (two times) | 2 gallon |
| Washing dished by hand (once) | 13 gallons |
Total= 73.5 gallons of water on February 5, 2016
1c. I attempted to live on two gallons of water on February 7. I decided my two priories for the water usage would be for hygiene and drinking. On that day, I skipped my shower and decided to wear a hat all day. I did wash my face and brush my teeth, both which I did quickly. I had two glasses of water throughout the day, and by the end of the day I had a horrible head ache from not drink enough water. Also to cut back on water I make sure all the cooking I did did not require water. I had cereal for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and eggs for dinner. At the end of the day I did not wash the dishes to try and save water. When I would use the bathroom I did not flush until the end of the day. At the end of the day I realized that I had failed at this experiment. As you can see in my 1b graph, I use a lot of water throughout the day, and although I tried everything I could to cut back on my water usage I was unable to only use two gallons of water. I realized that after this experiment I take the water I use for granted. Some people around the world can only use water for survival (food and water). They do not have the resources to use clean water. Geography is a key concept for where our water comes from and how we use it on a day to day basis everyday and from realizing that I hope to be more aware of the water I am wasting in the future.