The applause on the balconies makes water consumption drop in Valencia

During the days of confinement, every day at 8pm, the citizens of Valencia, like those of the rest of Spain, have come out onto the balconies to applaud to thank the health personnel for their work. The company that manages the city's drinking water service has verified that the consumption of water in the houses fell around 200 liters per second.

From the city council, the councilor for the Integral Water Cycle, Elisa Valía, informed Cadena SER of the fact that the applause on the balconies has brought down the consumption of water in the city, falling from about 1,900 liters per second at approximately 1,700 liters per second. As soon as this moment passes, again consumption is above 2,000 liters per second.

According to the analysis of this section, it follows that although the drop in consumption is around 150-200 liters per second when people go out onto the balcony, then the rise is over 300 liters per second, it is In other words, Valencians and Valencians start with family routines of preparing dinner or taking a bath.