Facts About Water
- The first municipal water filtration plant opened in
Paisley, Scotland in 1832.
- Public water suppliers process 38 billion gallons of water
per day for domestic and public use.
- Approximately 1 million miles of pipelines and aquaducts
carry water in the U.S. and Canada. That's enough to circle the
Earth 40 times.
- In 1974, Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act.
- More than 13 million households get their water from private
wells and are responsible for treating and pumping water
themselves.
- Each person uses about 100 gallons of water a day at home.
- The average five minute shower takes between 15 and 25
gallons of water.
- You can refill an 8 oz. glass of water approximately 15,000
times for the same cost as a six pack of soda pop.
- One gallon of water weighs approximately 8.34 pounds.
- One inch of rainfall drops 7,000 gallons, or nearly 30 tons
of water on a 60' x 180' piece of land.
- If every household in America had a faucet that dripped once
each second, 928 million gallons of water a day would leak away.
- A dairy cow must drink four gallons of water to produce one
gallon of milk.
- A person should consume 2 1/2 quarts of water per day (from
all sources of water, food, etc.) to maintain health.
- You can survive a month without food but only 5 to 7 days
without water.
- Water makes up almost 66% of the human body and 70% of the
brain.