Wateq Online Catalogue - Flipbook - Page 4
USEFUL INFORMATION
*WATER CONSUMPTION
Human
129 litres per day
Working Horses
55 litres per day
Cattle (lactating)
70 litres per day
Grazing Horses
35 litres per day
Dairy Cattle (plant cleaning)
70 litres per day
Sheep
4 litres per day
Cattle (non lactating)
45 litres per day
Lambs
1 litres per day
Calves
25 litres per day
Sows
25 litres per day
Poultry (per 100 birds)
20 litres per day
5 min power shower
75 litres
5 min standard shower
45 litres
Bath
80 litres
Hosepipe
15 litres per minute
Running tap
6 litres per minute
Broken tap
12 to 20 litres per day
WEIGHT
1 kg
1,000 g
1g
1,000 mg
1,000 µg
1 mg
1ppm
1,000 ppb
1 mg
1 ppm
1,000 ppb
1,000 µg
VOLUME
1 US gallon
3.785 litres
1 UK gallon
4.54 litres
1 m3
1,000 litres
1 cuft
28.4 litres
LENGTH
1”
2.54cm
**TOTAL HARDNESS
1 mg/l
0.07 °Clark
0.07 °e
0.056 °d
CaCO3
0.0584 gpg US
0.1°fH or °f
Key:
°fH or °f = French Hardness
°e
= English degrees hardness
µg
°d
= German degrees hardness
= micrograms
ppm = part per million
gpg US = Grains per Gallon US
ppb = parts per billion
m3
= cubic meter
ft3 = cubic foot
*Based on average consumption
**Total hardness should always be assessed as calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
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