SE hosepipe ban: water company blames people working from home 'increasing drinking water demand

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. But for men, peeing in urinals typically doesn't increase water use

if they are, as most British ones are, on an automatic flush schedule. Whereas using your toilet at home does mean an extra flush each time you use it. So I can see there could be a small rise in use when working at home, though 20% seems large - only half the population, far from everyone's working at home, not everyone uses urinals at work etc.