Drought

So we're in the middle or near the end or just starting a big old drought here. Maybe you've heard. Prolly not. Either way, I drive (or ride) past the Little River Reservoir several times a week on my way to my big job and it's pretty shocking to see how low the water is and to remember how long it's been this low. So the other day the mayor of Raliegh proposes temporarily raising water rates for that city by 50% and encourages each citizen to reduce their consumption to a mere 25 gallons of water per day. I had no idea how much water this household consumed, but I happen retain most utility bills in a handy little file thingy. So for the most recent statement, our consumption was 6. That's right. Six. Period.
That is exactly what I said. Six what? In the last 60 days we used six water units. Not entirely helpful. So I go out and pull the cover off the meter and it indicates that each unit equals 6 cubic feet. I felt so stupid for not knowing that. Who doesn't know that? I can hear all y'all laughing yer arses off about how one person can live forty some years and not know that. So you doubtless also know that a cubic foot equals 7.48 gallons. So 6x6=36 cubic feet x 7.5=270 gallons. Divide by the number of days [60], then by the number of people [2] and you get 2.25 gallons per person per day. Clearly something must be wrong with our water meter. We need to increase our consumption 1000% in order to conserve.
Seriously, though, something must be wrong with the meter: for the whole year we used about 2650 gallons, and that's with B living here half the time. That averages about 3 gallons per person per day. Flushing a toilet is a gallon and a half. And B is constitutionally incapable of showering for less than 15 minutes a day. I know most of you have wells, but does anybody on a city system have any idea how much water they use? Inquiring minds . . . .