Interesting facts about water
WATER is the most important resource in the world. Here are a few amazing facts about water. ● 68,7% of the fresh water on earth is trapped in glaciers.
● 30% of fresh water is in the ground.
● 1,7% of the world’s water is frozen and therefore unusable.
● Approximately 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.
● A whopping 96,5% of water on earth is in oceans, covering 71% of the surface of our planet. And at any given time, about 0,001% is floating above us in the atmosphere. If all of that water fell as rain at once, the whole planet would get about 1 inch of rain.
● Nearly one-half of the water used by Americans is used for thermoelectric power generation.
● To create one pint of beer it takes 20 gallons of water.
● Unsafe water kills 200 children every hour.
● A newborn baby is 78% water. Adults are 55%-60% water. Water is involved in just about everything our body does. It is a big part of the blood that brings nutrients to all our cells. We use it to get rid of wastes. It helps us regulate our body temperature. It acts as a shock absorber
for our brain and spinal cord. We are very dependent on water.
● A jellyfish and a cucumber are each 95% water.
● 70% of the human brain is water.
● 80% of all illness in the developing world is water related.
● In Nairobi urban poor pay 10 times more for water than in New York.
● 40 billion hours are spent collecting water in Africa alone.7
● A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water.
● Water expands by 9% when it freezes.
● There is about the same amount of water on earth now as there was millions of years ago. ● 85% of the world population lives in the driest half of the planet.
● Agriculture accounts for 70% of global freshwater withdrawals (up to 90% in some fast-growing economies)
● 300 tonnes of water are required to manufacture one tonne of steel.
● American use 5,7 billion gallons per day from toilet flushes.
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