Is household water use decreasing?A couple of months ago, I read an interesting article in Pumper that referred to a study on household water use, stating it had (on average) decreased since 1999 by about 22 percent. It’s worthwhile to discuss some of the implications this study may have for our industry. So, I looked up the executive summary of the study conducted through the Water Research Foundation.In the design of any onsite sewage treatment system, two important estimates drive the overall system component sizes: the estimated daily water usage and the long-term acceptance rate of the soil. Understanding both
