PRIVATE WATER SYSTEMS - Water Quantity Needs

Water Quantity Needs

A correctly designed water supply system is defined as one that delivers the required amount of water all of the time. Therefore the first step in designing a private water supply system is to determine the quantity of water needed.

The daily average water demand may be found by summing the appropriate amounts from the table of approximate daily water needs that may be viewed below.

APPROXIMATE DAILY WATER NEEDS FOR HOME AND FARM

UseDaily Water Consumption
(gallons)

HOME
For kitchen and laundry use (including automatic equipment), bathing, sanitary use and other uses inside the home 100 per person
For swimming pool maintenance 30

LAWN AND GARDEN
For lawn sprinkling, per 1000 sq. ft., per sprinkling 600 (approx. 1in.)
For garden watering, per 1000 sq. ft., per sprinkling ""

FARM (maximum needs)
Dairy cows (14-15000 lbs milk) Average drinking rate 20 per head
Dry cows or heifers 15 ""
Calves 7 ""
Beef, yearlings, full feed (90 deg F) 20 ""
Beef, brood cows 12 ""
Sheep or Goats 2
Horses or Mules 12 ""
Swine Fishing 4 ""
Brood sows, nursing 6 ""
Laying hens (90 deg F) 9 ""
Broilers (over 100 deg F) 6 ""
Turkeys - 15-19 weeks (over 100 deg F) 20-25 per 100 birds
Ducks 22 per 100 birds
Dairy Sanitation - milk room & milking parlor 500 per day
Flushing Floor 10 per 100 sq. ft.
Sanitary hog wallow 100 per day

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