Domestic per capita water use in the US will increase from 2010 to 2015 as reported by the USGS
Created by btrettel on 2015-05-19; known on 2020-01-01; judged wrong by orthonormal on 2019-12-31.
- btrettel estimated 50% on 2015-05-19
- btrettel said “The report with this data appears to be published about 4 years after the year it covers.” on 2015-05-19
- btrettel said “2005: 98 gal/d, 2010: 88 gal/d” on 2015-05-19
- btrettel said “2005: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1344/pdf/c1344.pdf” on 2015-05-19
- btrettel said “2010: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1405/pdf/circ1405.pdf” on 2015-05-19
- JoshuaZ estimated 45% on 2015-05-19
- btrettel estimated 40% on 2015-05-20
- Afforess estimated 35% on 2015-05-28
- orthonormal estimated 30% and said “Urbanization means lower per capita water use.” on 2015-05-31
- orthonormal judged this prediction wrong on 2019-12-31.
- orthonormal said “Not only per capita, but total domestic water use dropped from 2010 to 2015!” on 2019-12-31