Did You Know?

¨ The earth’s surface is approximately 80% water.

¨ 97% of the water on the earth is saltwater; only 3% is freshwater and only 1% is available for human consumption.

¨ Most of the freshwater is stored on the earth is frozen in glaciers.

¨ In a 100 year period, a water molecule spends 98 years in the ocean, 20 months as ice, about 2 weeks in lakes and rivers and less than 1 week in the atmosphere.

¨ There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was 3 billion years ago.

 

 

 

 

¨ On the average, each American uses about 160 gallons of water a day at a cost of 27 cents.

¨ Bottled water may cost up to 1000 times more than municipal drinking water.

¨ Two-thirds of water used in an average home is used in the bathroom.

¨ Running the tap waiting for water to get hot or cold can waste 5 gallons per minute.

¨ Typically 4 to 6 gallons of water are used for every toilet flush.

¨ On the average, a person uses 2 gallons of water to brush his or her teeth each day.

¨ A 10 minute shower uses about 55 gallons of water.

¨ A leaking faucet can waste up to 100 gallons of water a day.

¨ The average person spends less than 1% of his or her total personal expenditure dollars for water, waste water and water disposal systems.

¨ You could survive about a month without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water.

¨ A human being is 66% water.

¨ The human brain is 75% water.

¨ Human blood is 83% water. 

¨ Human bones are 25% water.

¨ A living tree is 74% water.

¨ Watermelon is 93% water.

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