Water Usage for Melbourne and Victoria

							Water Usage for Melbourne and Victoria

This table shows the available daily consumption, rainfall and temperature figures for Melbourne
over the past month.
                                                                                      Daily
                Rainfall      Max                            Daily Storage Lvl
   Date                                 Tot. Storage (GL)                          Consumption
                 (mm)        Temp C                                (GL)
                                                                                      (ML)
 12/03/2007                            1,773.00             589.30               1,034.00
 11/03/2007                            1,773.00             590.90               1,270.00
 10/03/2007                            1,773.00             592.40               1,130.00
  9/03/2007                            1,773.00             593.70               1,056.00
  8/03/2007                            1,773.00             595.10               1,238.00
  7/03/2007                            1,773.00             596.90               1,299.00
  6/03/2007   0.00         25.40       1,773.00             598.30               1,129.00
  5/03/2007   0.20         21.40       1,773.00             599.60               1,194.00
  4/03/2007   0.20         24.60       1,773.00             601.10               1,244.00
  3/03/2007   0.00         37.50       1,773.00             602.50               1,139.00
  2/03/2007   0.00         30.20       1,773.00             604.00               1,083.00
  1/03/2007   0.00         25.90       1,773.00             605.20               1,169.00
 28/02/2007   4.60         28.70       1,773.00             606.50               1,197.00
 27/02/2007   0.00         24.60       1,773.00             608.00               1,202.00
 26/02/2007   0.00         29.80       1,773.00             609.50               1,206.00
 25/02/2007   0.00         23.10       1,773.00             610.90               1,120.00
 24/02/2007   2.00         22.70       1,773.00             612.20               1,121.00
 23/02/2007   0.00         31.90       1,773.00             613.50               1,191.00
 21/02/2007   0.00         32.50       1,773.00             616.70               1,349.00
 20/02/2007   0.00         30.20       1,773.00             618.00               1,182.00
 19/02/2007   3.00         25.90       1,773.00             619.30               1,393.00
 18/02/2007   0.00         38.20       1,773.00             620.80               1,555.00
 17/02/2007   0.40         36.80       1,773.00             622.30               1,260.00
 16/02/2007   0.00         36.80       1,773.00             623.60               1,238.00
 15/02/2007   0.00         35.30       1,773.00             624.80               1,329.00
 14/02/2007   0.00         31.80       1,773.00             626.10               1,308.00
 13/02/2007   0.00         32.00       1,773.00             627.70               1,256.00
 12/02/2007   0.00         31.10       1,773.00             628.90               1,261.00
 11/02/2007   2.20         28.60       1,773.00             630.20               1,179.00

                Storage level, water consumption & rainfall data courtesy of Melbourne Water.
www.southeastwater.com.au accessed 13/3/07 10pm



Average household usage
The following table sets out the average household water usage by municipality sorted in
descending volume.
Property Consumption by Municipality




 Municipality              Average Water usage per Houshold
                           (KL per year)

 Bayside                   311

 Stonnington               302

 Melbourne                 287

 Glen Eira                 264
 Knox                  248

 Frankston             247

 Kingston              243

 Cardinia              237

 Casey                 237

 Greater Dandenong     234

 Mornington Peninsula 232

 Baw Baw               226

 Yarra Ranges          225

 Monash                217

 Port Phillip          214

 Average               246




Percentage water usage in the home
The table below sets out the breakdown of average water use in the home.


 Garden:        30%

 Bathroom: 25%

 Toilet         20%

 Laundry:       15%

 Kitchen:       10%




Monthly Rainfall and Raindays
Monthly Temperature