1. * Comenius
Multilateral School
partnership:
“Waterborne
identities”

2. Índex
Report on a typical student's use of water.
- Questionnaire I: Personal water consumption
- Questionnaire II: Family water consumption
- Questionnaire III: Knowledge on water
consumption
Reflecting on the use of water. Survey's conclusions.
Suggesting changes for dealing with water in the
future.

3. Questionnaire I: Personal water
consumption
1. How often do you wash hands during the day?
2. Are you conscious about water loss in your home?
3. How much water do you drink per day?
4. How many times do you have a bath/a shower?

4. 1. How often do you wash hands during the day?
12-15 years old
30%
16-18 years old
2%
1%
40%
68%
59%
Adults
16%
Never
Once or twice
3 times or more
84%

5. 2. Are you conscious about water loss in your home?
100%
Most of the people
are conscious about
water loss in their
house, so they turn
off the tap and pay
attention when it's
dripping.
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
No
Yes
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
12-15 Y/O
16-18 Y/O
Adults

6. 3. How much water do you drink per day?
60%
Average
50%
12-15 years old
16-18 years old
Adults
40%
2
1.8
1.6
1.4
30%
1.2
1
20%
0.8
0.6
10%
0%
0.4
0.2
1L
2L More than 2L
0

7. 4. How many times do you have a bath/a shower?
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
0.02
0.07
0.06
0.13
0.28
0.18
0.65
0.69
0.7
0.7
0.22
0.24
0.02
0.19
more than 7 times
5-7 times
1-4
0.58 times
0 times
0.05
(Shower)
(Bath)
(Bath)
12-15 Y/O
16-18 Y/O
0.23
(Shower)
Adults
(Bath or shower)

8. Conclusions Questionnaire I
Considering the results of the questionnaire, in the section of personal
water consumption, generally, people consume almost the same range of
water. But over the years, even adults are more conscious of the bad effects
of wasting water, as older we get we need more water for personal use. So
that’s why students between 16 and 18 years old and adults are the ones
who use more water for personal consumption.

9. Questionnaire II: Family water consumption
1. Do you have a water filtration system at home?
2. Does your washing machine have a programme for
saving water?
3. How much does your family pay for water per year?

10. 1. Do you have a water filtration system at home?
12-15 Y/O
They don't know
No, they haven't
Yes, they have
16-18 Y/O
ADULTS
0
20
40
60
80 100

11. 2. Does your washing machine have a programme for saving
water?
16 -18 Y/O
12-15 Y/O
41%
21%
38% They have
They don't
have
They don't
know
28%
19%
ADULTS
They have
They don't
49% have
They don't
know
38%
13%
They have
They don't
53% have
They don't
know

12. 3. How much does your family pay for water per year?
45.00%
40.00%
As we can see,
approximately the 65% of
families pay between 100
and 300€ for water, and the
average of how much all
they pay is around 250€ per
year.
35.00%
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
100-200€
300-400€
100 €
200-300€
More than 400€
*We have only considered the answers of adults, because teenagers
don’t know it.

13. Conclusions Questionnaire II
As we’ve seen before, most of the surveyed people have a water filtration
system at home and their washing machine have a programme for saving
water. Paying an average of 250€ per year of water (meaning 20€ aprox. per
month) is not that much and it means people take care not to waste water
at home.

14. Questionnaire III: Knowledge on water
consumption
1. What is more water consuming, a bath or a shower?
2. How long could you survive without water?
3. Why do you have to pay much for water?
4. Why does tap water have different tastes in different
regions?
5. Reasons why we should save water.
6. Possibilities to reduce water consumption
7.

15. 1. What is more water consuming, a bath or a shower?
100%
90%
It depends on the time
that the water runs
(which is determined by
who is having a bath or a
shower), but generally a
bath is more water
consuming, so most of
people have answered
right.
80%
70%
60%
Shower
Bath
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
12-15 Y/O 16-18 Y/O
Adults

16. 2. How long could you survive without water?
12-15 Y/O
16-18 Y/O
ADULTS
0%
0.28
0.24
0.16
0.23
0.17
0.05
0.36
0.24
0.57
0.1
0.13
0.25
0.22
10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
One day
More than three days
Two days
They don't know
Three days
Generally we can survive 3 days without water, but it depends on each person's body
condition. As we can see, not too many people
know that: only around 50% of people come near the right answer.

17. 3. Why do you have to pay much for water?
12-15 Y/O
0.2
0.8
0.7
16-18 Y/O
0.3
0.28
ADULTS
0.72
We have to pay that much
for water because of the
costs of purification,
extraction, transmission,
distribution and other costs
needed to make water able
to be drunk. Taxes are also
a reason why we pay that
much for it.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
They know
They don't know
* These results are done considering the meaning of the reasons in the answers.

18. 4. Why does tap water have different tastes in different regions?
100%
The reasons why water has
different tastes in different
regions are because of its
origin (rivers, canals, etc), its
type and concentration of
salts and also because of the
chemical treatment given to
water in each location.
80%
60%
They don't know
They know
40%
20%
0%
12-15 Y/O
ADULTS
* These results are done considering the meaning of the reasons in the answers.

19. 5. Reasons why we should save water
12-15 years old
50%
50%
16-18 years old
They
know
31%
They
don't
know
According the results of the surveys, saving
water normally reduces energy use and
costs of pumping and distributing water. It
helps the environment and maintains
better conditions for millions of humans
and creatures in the world. Saving water
wisely, can also save a lot of money.
69%
Adults
18%
82%
* These results are done considering the meaning and number of reasons in
the answers.

20. 6. Possibilities to reduce water consumption
12-15 years old
A few great possibilities we found in the
surveys:
47%
53%
16-18 years old
They
know
31%
They
don't
know
69%
Adults
18%
82%
- Have a short shower instead of a bath
- Have a full load when you wash our clothes
- Fill the dishwasher before putting it on and
use the eco setting
- Put a save-a-flush in your cistern - it will save
one liter of water per flush.
- Purchase water efficient appliances
- Install a water butt to collect rainwater, and
use it to water your garden or wash your car.

21. Conclusions Questionnaire III
According the results, the youngest people surveyed and adults are the
ones who know the most about water consumption. For unknown
reasons, students between 16 and 18 years old have the poorest
knowledge on why we have to pay that much for water, why tap water
have different tastes in each region or why we should save water. But as an
average of this section, taking into account all the people surveyed, 65% of
the people have answered right.

22. Suggesting changes for dealing with water in the
future.
Millions of people all around the world are affected
by the lack of water. Therefore we need to change
our practices and attitudes to conserve it in our
future.
Improving our education related to water
models consumption and lifestyle would be
the best start to avoid the waste of water. If we all
try not to waste water in our home, garden, car or
personal use, water’s situation would gently change
for the good over time.
If we start having a short shower instead of a
bath, tr y not to make taps drip, install
water-saving shower heads and low-flow
faucet aerators, don't run the hose while
washing the car, install a water butt to
collect rainwater, and use it to water your
garden or wash your car , etc. we’ll together be
able to make the world so much better.

23. Suggesting changes for dealing with water in the
future.
On a large scale, government should intervene
and look for new technologies to conser ve
and store water. It would be great to reuse
wastewater, improve irrigation and farming
practices and fight against the environment .
All these changes, with the help of a strong will by all
of us, would definitely avoid serious problems in our
future. So why don’t we try to make a change?
Small changes are the ones which make
huge differences.