- One gallon
of water weighs 8.34 pounds
- 97% of the earths water
is saltwater in oceans and seas. Of the 3% thats 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.
Thats 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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