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Of all
the earth’s water 97% is
salt water located in oceans and seas. |
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Only 1% of
the earth’s water is actually
available for drinking water. |
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The 5 Great
Lakes contain about 20% of the
world’s available fresh water. |
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About two
thirds of the human body is water. |
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You lose
2.5 to 3 quarts of water per day through
normal elimination, sweating and breathing.
If you exercise or live in a humid
climate, you may lose another quart. |
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Approximately
1 million miles of pipeline and aquaducts
carry water in the United States and
Canada. That’s enough to circle
the earth 40 times. |
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Typically,
less than 1% of the drinking
water provided by utilities is actually
consumed by people. Most goes for lawns,
showers and tubs, toilets, etc. |
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You can
survive about a month without food,
but only 5 to 7 days without water. |
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Each person
uses about 100 gallons of water a day
at home. |
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You can
refill an 8 oz. glass of water approximately
15,000 times for the same cost as a
six-pack of pop. |
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Every glass
of water brought to your table in a
restaurant requires another two glasses
of water to wash and rinse the glass. |
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Water is
a main ingredient in other beverages
and it takes water to process them.
For example, it takes 1,500 gallons
of water to make 1 barrel of beer. |
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More than
39,000 gallons of water are used to
manufacture a new car, including tires. |
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Water running
into catch basins on roads flow right
to the river: one gallon of gasoline
or household chemicals poured into
a drain can contaminate approximately
750,000 gallons of water! |
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An average-size
pool with average sun and wind exposure
loses approximately 1000 gallons of
water per month, enough to keep a family
of four in drinking water for nearly
a year and a half. |
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Not all
soil is the same. If your grass grows
on mostly clay soil, between 1/4 and
1/2 inch of water per hour can be absorbed
before it starts running off wastefully. |
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Don’t
sprinkle grass lightly, water it deeply – soak
it. Light watering can’t get water
down deep into the soil. The grass
develops shallower roots and is both
less drought - resistant and more prone
to winterkill. |
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Delay regular
lawn watering during the first cool
weeks of spring. This encourages deeper
rooting. |
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There’s
as much water in the world today as
there was thousands of years ago. The
water from your faucet could contain
molecules that dinosaurs drank. |
