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Fun Facts About Water

- One gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds

- 97% of the earth’s water is saltwater in oceans and seas. Of the 3% that’s freshwater, only 1% is available for drinking – the remaining 2%
is frozen in the polar ice caps.

- About 48,000 gallons of water are needed to produce the typical
American Thanksgiving dinner for eight people.

- 400 gallons of water are recycled through our kidneys each day.

- You can refill an 8 oz. glass of water approximately 15,000 times
for the same cost as a six-pack of soda.

- An average of 800,000 water wells are drilled each year in the U.S.
That’s tapping into our underground water supplies at approximately
100 times each hour for domestic, farming and commercial needs.

- About 60,000 public water systems across the U.S. process 34 billion
gallons of water per day for home and commercial use. 85% of the population is served by these facilities.

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