"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 May 2010 12:29:56 -0400, Lou wrote:

That's true. According to the user manual for my dishwasher, the most
efficient cycle uses less than 6 gallons of water to do a full load.

However, for the cost of the dishwasher, it's possible to buy enough
water to float a boat. In my municipality, the water department
calculated that filling my pool (approximately 20,000 gallons) cost
about $20. So the price of a lower end dishwasher costing around $300
would buy around 300,000 gallons of water at that price, which is enough
water to wash an awful lot of dishes. But then there's the cost of
heating the additional water washing by hand would use over what the
dishwasher uses.

Your understandably US-centric view omits the fact that, for many in the
UK, a flat charge is paid for water.

My view is not US-centric, it's me-centric. In my 60 mumble years, the only
time I've paid by the gallon for water is in my present house. Before that,
I had a well, or rented a dwelling. For the well, the incremental cost of a
gallon of water was the electricity to pump it. When I rented, water was
included in the rent.

Everywhere in the UK it's a flat charge, no matter how much water a
particular account might use?