Still aghast at the 338 daily gallons per four people stat, I looked up some more information on sewage production.

- "The average person in the industrialized world produces between 60 and 140 gallons of sewage per day."

- "Most water use is in the bathroom, and that is where you have to be most careful. Don't flush conservation away. Most toilets installed before the early 1980s used five to seven gallons of water per flush. Those installed after the early '80s use 3.5 gallons per flush and today almost every state is mandating the use of 1.6 gallon toilets.* If you are like most people, toilet use in your house constitutes 40% of water use. Converting from a seven-gallon toilet to a 1.6-gallon toilet can reduce your overall water use by 25% or more. A leaky toilet can cost you 50 gallons of water or more per day regardless of size."

- "Low-flow water fixtures also save on waste especially at the shower head. You may have a shower head in your home that allows a flow of seven gallons per minute. A five-minute shower can use 35 gallons of water. A low-flow shower head (3.5 gallons per minute) can reduce the water used in a shower by half. Multiply the savings by the persons showering each day and the number of showers taken per day by each person."

- Though it doesn't contribute to sewage, washing your car averages 100 gallons of water.

S "sewage producer" am

* With a 1.6 gallon flush, what this means is you always flush it two or three times and end up using as much water as a 3.5 gallon toilet. Idiocy.