Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 930 - SURFACE SOURCE WATER TREATMENT CODE
Table B - Daily Water Requirements

Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง B
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024

TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT

FARM HOME:

Each person.................

50 gals.

Each hog....................

5 gals.

Each beef cow...........

15 gals.

Each sheep.................

3 gals.

Each milk cow...........

35 gals.*

Each 100 chickens.....

10 gals.

Multiply the total in gallons by 365 to obtain the estimated water need for a year. Add to this any irrigation or other sizable needs, such as spraying of large orchards.

*Includes allowance for dairy barn and milk house sanitation.

PERMANENT DWELLINGS:

GALLONS PER

PERSON PER DAY

Apartments - multiple family

75

Boarding Houses

50

Additional per non-resident border

10

Boarding Schools

100

Residential Institutions (per bed)

125

Single Family Homes and Condominiums

100

Mobile Home Parks (per space)

250

Rooming Houses

40

TRAVEL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES:

Airports (per passenger)

5

Campgrounds with flush toilets and showers (per space)

20

Campgrounds with flush toilets, no showers (per space)

15

Cottages and small dwellings with single occupancy

75

Country Clubs (per member present)

25

Day Camps (children - no meals)

25

Highway Rest Areas

5

Hotels and Motels (per bed space)

50

Picnic Parks with flush toilets

5

Places of Public Assembly

5

Swimming Pools, Bathing Beaches and Bathhouses (bather load

10

as defined in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 820.10 )

Theaters

Movie (per auditorium seat)

5

Drive-In (per car space)

10

Travel Trailer Park with water and sewer hookups (per space)

30

Travel Trailer Park without water and sewer hookups (per space)

10

COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND MISCELLANEOUS:

Churches

5

Construction Camps or Sites

50

Factories (gallons per person per shift, exclusive of industrial needs)

35

Hospital (per bed space)

250

Laundries - self-service (gallons per wash, i.e., per customer)

50

Offices and other day workers

15

Restaurants (per meal)

10

Additional for bars and cocktail lounges

2

Schools without gyms, cafeterias or showers

15

Schools with gyms, cafeterias and showers

25

Schools with cafeterias, but without gyms and showers

20

Service stations (per vehicle served)

5

Shopping Centers (per 1000 ft.2 floor area)

250

Stores (per toilet room)

400

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