Water - Fast Facts

  • Average domestic water consumption = 157 litres per day*
  • Average daily cost per household = 81 pence per day*
  • The average household water bill has increased 39.1% since 1989 *
  • The roof on an average 4-bed family home captures more than 100,000 litres of rainwater each year**
  • A typical family uses 70,000 litres of water each year on toilet flushing, clothes washing and outside use**
  • One third of all water used in the home gets flushed down the toilet
  • Rainharvesting can replace up to 50% of a household mains water consumption, and up to 85% on commercial installations
  • Collecting rain from your roof reduces surface water by approximately 60% per plot
  • Rainwater harvesting in Germany is over 100 times the current use in the UK
  • Rainwater harvesting in the UK has increased by approximately 300% in the last two years
  • The payback period can be as quick as 3 years on buildings with large roofs and a high non-potable water demand

The Envireau system can supply over 50%
of your domestic needs

chart showing typical domestic water use

* Source: OFWAT 'waterfacts', May 2006
** Source: UK Rainwater Harvesting Association (UKRHA)