how your washing machine impacts the california drought effort
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TRADING IN YOUR OLD MACHINE FOR A NEWER MODEL WOULD SAVE YOU 3,000 GALLONS / YEAR. TRADING IN FOR AN ASKO WOULD SAVE YOU 5,053 GALLONS /YEAR
LOS ANGELES’ CASTAIC LAKE AND RIVERSIDE’S PERRIS LAKE ARE 46% AND 45% BELOW AVERAGE STORAGE,RESPECTIVELY. AT THAT RATE OF WATER SAVINGS, WE COULD REFILL BOTH TO HISTORICAL CAPACITY
IN 1 YEAR AND 4 DAYS.
64,676,752,525GALLONS / YEAR
WE COULD SAVE UP TOFOR EXAMPLE, IF EVERY CALIFORNIAN SWITCHED TO AN ASKO FAMILY SIZE WASHER
12,811,083HOUSEHOLDS
88,338,822,826GALLONS / YEARWASHING THEIR CLOTHES
COLLECTIVELY, THEY USE AN AVERAGE OF
97,931OLYMPIC-SIZEDSWIMMING POOLS
338,060,515,153BOTTLES OF WATER
9,240 SHAMU STADIUMS
26,949MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUMS
THAT EQUALS
THE AVERAGE WATER CONSUMPTIONOF WASHING MACHINES
IN CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE
STANDARD* HIGH-EFFICIENCY**
3,900
GA
LLON
S / YEA
R=
6,900
GA
LLON
S / YEA
R=
1,847
GA
LLON
S / YEA
R=
ASKO FAMILY SIZE
GALLONSPER LOAD
6.2GALLONSPER LOAD
13GALLONSPER LOAD
23
300LOADS OF LAUNDRY
PER YEAR6X PER WEEK
ON AVERAGE,A FAMILY HOUSEHOLD HAS
40%LAUNDRY ACCOUNTS
FOR UP TO
OF ALL HOUSEHOLDWATER CONSUMPTION
*Standard washing machines meet Federal Appliance Standards.**High-Efficiency washers outperform Federal Appliance Standards.
Before new standards were adopted in 2010, standard washers used between 30 to 45 gallons of water per load, or more.For calculations we will assume an average of 37.5 gallons/load.
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