Monitor the Water Flowing From Your Taps in Real Time

Last April, California governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order calling for the mandatory reduction of urban water usage throughout the state by 25 percent. Although officials claim that California is on target to exceed its long-term goal in February, this month marked the second in a row in which California residents failed to conserve the mandatory amount of water. With drought conditions expected to sustain, they’ll have to prioritize water conservation far into the foreseeable future.

While plenty of conservationists and local news outlets have offered tips and tricks to help residents along in this process, determining how much water to conserve each day isn’t all that simple. There are services online that offer rough estimates, and a set of general guidelines from the EPA, but few ways to calculate water expenditure in real-time.