Nelson Peltz is water consumption champion
According to the Wall Street Journal, Nelson Peltz, responsible for Heinz’s co-sponsorship of the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest finals, is a champion of consumption himself with regards to his Palm Beach estate’s water usage:
Consider Nelson Peltz. The investor and food magnate’s oceanfront estate, called Montsorrel, is among the island’s biggest water consumers. His 13.8-acre spread, which combines two properties, used not quite 21 million gallons of water over the past 12 months — or about 57,000 gallons a day on average — at a cost of more than $50,000, according to records obtained from the local water utility. That compares with 54,000 gallons a year for an average single-family residence in Palm Beach, says Ken Rearden, assistant city administrator of West Palm Beach. (West Palm Beach supplies Palm Beach’s water.)
The estate uses 21M / (365 * 24 * 60 * 60) = .67 gallons of water per second, so it consumes 27.3 gallons of water in the 41 seconds it takes for Joey Chestnut to drink a gallon of milk.
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