The Canberra Times | Canberra's frugal water usage equivalent to 1970s when city half the size The Canberra Times Canberra is using the same amount of water as the 1970s, despite the city's population doubling in the past 40 years. Icon Water figures show that in 2016-17 the average water consumption per person per day in the capital was 304 litres - about 40 per ... |