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Edwin Pawlowski
 
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"Harry Everhart" wrote in message
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I have a standard dishwasher in my kitchen. I am curious how much hot
water it uses to do a load of dishes. The dishwasher was bought less
than a year ago.



I've seen wildly varying figures from 2 to 20 gallons, but the newer ones
seem to be closer to 5. The maker seem to be vague on the matter.

From the Whirlpool web page:
Do I use more water hand washing or using a dishwasher?
You use 2 times as much water by hand-washing dishes. It
costs about 15 cents per load to use your dishwasher and about 2 cents per
load to use the dry cycle.





From www.joe.org
The average water use per dishwasher cycle decreased from a
range of 11-15 gallons per normal cycle in 1978 (Garrett, 1978) to 6-10
gallons per normal cycle in 2000 (Soap and Detergent Association [SDA],
2000). Despite the fact dishwashers are designed to be resource efficient,
other significant determining factors on resource usage are the result of
decisions of the consumer.









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