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?
1%
40%
59%
16-18 years old
16%
84%
Adults
Never
Once or twice
3 times or more
2%
30%
68%
12-15 years old
5. 2.Are you conscious about water loss in your home?
12-15 Y/O
16-18 Y/O
Adults
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
No
Yes
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.
6. 3. How much water do you drink per day?
1L 2L More than 2L
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
12-15 years old
16-18 years old
Adults
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
Average
7. 4. How many times do you have a bath/a shower?
(Bath)
(Shower)
(Bath)
(Shower)
Adults (Bath or shower)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0.7
0.02
0.7
0.05
0.28
0.22
0.18
0.24
0.23
0.02
0.69
0.13
0.65
0.58
0.07 0.06
0.19
more than 7 times
5-7 times
1-4 times
0 times
16-18 Y/O12-15 Y/O
8. 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.
Conclusions Questionnaire I
9. 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?
Questionnaire II: Family water consumption
10. 1. Do you have a water filtration system at home?
ADULTS
16-18 Y/O
12-15 Y/O
0 20 40 60 80 100
They don't know
No, they haven't
Yes, they have
11. 2. Does your washing machine have a programme for saving
water?
41%
21%
38%
12-15 Y/O
They have
They don't
have
They don't
know
28%
19%
53%
16 -18 Y/O
They have
They don't
have
They don't
know
38%
13%
49%
ADULTS
They have
They don't
have
They don't
know
12. 3. How much does your family pay for water per year?
100 €
100-200€
200-300€
300-400€
More than 400€
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
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.
*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?
12-15 Y/O 16-18 Y/O Adults
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Shower
Bath
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.
16. 2. How long could you survive without water?
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.
ADULTS
16-18 Y/O
12-15 Y/O
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
0.16
0.24
0.28
0.05
0.17
0.23
0.57
0.24
0.36
0.22
0.1
0.13
0.25
One day Two days Three days
More than three days They don't know
17. 3.Why do you have to pay much for water?
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.
* These results are done considering the meaning of the reasons in the answers.
ADULTS
16-18 Y/O
12-15 Y/O
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
0.72
0.3
0.8
0.28
0.7
0.2
They know They don't know
18. 4.Why does tap water have different tastes in different regions?
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.
* These results are done considering the meaning of the reasons in the answers.
12-15 Y/O
ADULTS
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
They don't know
They know
19. 5. Reasons why we should save water
50% 50%
12-15 years old
31%
69%
16-18 years old
They
know
They
don't
know
82%
18%
Adults
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.
* These results are done considering the meaning and number of reasons in
the answers.
20. 6. Possibilities to reduce water consumption
53%
47%
12-15 years old
31%
69%
16-18 years old
They
know
They
don't
know
82%
18%
Adults
A few great possibilities we found in the
surveys:
- 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. 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.
Conclusions Questionnaire III
22. 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, try 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.
Suggesting changes for dealing with water in the
future.
23. On a large scale, government should intervene
and look for new technologies to conserve
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?
Suggesting changes for dealing with water in the
future.
Small changes are the ones which make
huge differences.
