Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — Water in Europe and America. [ARTICLE]

Water in Europe and America.

Statistics gathered by the state department concerning the consumption of water used in European and American cities afford opportunities for some interesting comparisons. Paris uses 106.05 gallons dally, Berlin 19.27, Vienna 27 and Brussels 26.4. In Chicago the average consumption is 145 gallons per capita every day, in Buffalo it is 240 gallons, in Cleveland 138 gallons, in Washington 190 gallons and in Detroit 135 gallons. The larger consumption of water in American cities is due, it is claimed, in a large measure to waste. In most European cities the water is filtered, and precautions are taken against unnecessary usage of it.