Status and Habits of Residents:

For affluent class of people, more water is required because of their habits and more sophisticated living style. For example, a house of rich people may have bathing tubs where excessive amounts of water may be required per capita. In a few of the Asian countries, toilets are cleaned after using it by pouring buckets of water. Further, for their personal cleaning, people use water. They do not use toilet papers, and in like practice more water is consumed. In some religion, people wash themselves before every prayer and due to such habits also consumption of water varies.