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1% of Earth’s water is drinking water
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2% of Earth’s water is frozen
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97% of Earth’s water is in glaciers
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38 billion gallons of water are processed daily for domestic and public use by public suppliers
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13 million + households get water from private wells, treating and pumping the water themselves
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197 million pounds of toxic chemicals were released by industries into waterways in 1990
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40 billion gallons per day of fresh water is required daily in the United States
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300 billion gallons per day of untreated water is used in the United States for agriculture and commercial use
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70% of an adult human body consists of water
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80% of a newborn’s body weight is water
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3 gallons of water can be consumed daily by the average healthy person
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70-75% of Earth’s surface is underwater
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326 million miles4 of water on Earth
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¾ of a chicken consists of water
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4/5 of a pineapple consist of water
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16,000 gallons of water is consumed by the average adult human in a lifetime
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5 gallons of water was consumed daily by the average adult during Medieval times
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1.2 billion gallons of potable water used daily in New Jersey
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87% of drinking water is supplied to New Jersey residents by the public water system
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2 gallons of water needed yearly to brush an adult’s teeth
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2-7 gallons of water needed yearly to flush one toilet
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25-50 gallons of water needed yearly for an adult to shower
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1 gallon of water needed to process ¼ pound hamburger meat
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2,072 gallons of water needed to make 4 tires
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30-40% drinking water lost yearly by wrongful usage and leaks
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8 cups average amount of water is recommended daily for an adult, most of which comes from foods
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1 week is the maximum survival time for a human being going without drinking water
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Biggest sources of water pollution are from fertilizers, storm water, silage, industrial waste, oil spills and sewage
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Pre-1950’s water was treated only to improve the taste, smell and look.
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1950’s scientist first suspected that water could carry disease
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Drinking too much water causes imbalances in the brain by diluting salt levels in the blood, causing water intoxication.
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Athletes are most likely to suffer from water intoxication.
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Water cannot go to needed areas of the human body when caffeine is consumed
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Pure water has a 7 neutral PH
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Pure water is made of only oxygen and hydrogen atoms
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More substances dissolved by water than any other type of liquids
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Traveling water carries anything it picks up
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More water in underground aquifers than on the ground’s surface
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Earth’s most common substance is water
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No water, no life
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Biological reactions processed by water
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Proper nutritional digestion needs water
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Human water demands are increasing dramatically
