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Did you know that...
- Only 3% of Earth's water is freshwater. 97% of the water on Earth is saltwater.
- The water found at the Earth's surface in lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, and swamps makes up only 0.3% of the world's freshwater.
- 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.
- Water covers 70.9% of the Earth's surface.
- Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid including sulfuric acid.
- A ten meter rise in sea levels due to melting glaciers would flood 25% of the population of the United States.
- There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all of the rivers on the planet combined.
- If all of the water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere fell at once, distributed evenly, it would only cover the earth with about an inch of water.
- Approximately 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.
- Nearly one-half of the water used by Americans is used for thermoelectric power generation.
- In one year, the average American residence uses over 100,000 gallons (indoors and outside).
- It takes six and a half years for the average Ameri-can residence to use the amount of water required to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool (660,000 gallons).
- It takes seven and a half years for the average American residence to use the same amount of water that flows over the Niagara Falls in one second (750,000 gallons).
- American residents use about 100 gallons of water per day.
- The average faucet flows at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. You can save up to four gallons of water every morning by turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth.
- Taking a bath requires up to 70 gallons of water. A five-minute shower uses only 10 to 25 gallons.
- A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water per day.
- The first water pipes in the US were made from wood (bored logs that were charred with fire).
- The first municipal water filtration works opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832
- A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.
- A cubic foot of water weighs 62.4 pounds
- An inch of water covering one acre (27,154 gallons) weighs 113 tons.
- Water vaporizes at 212 degrees F, 100 degrees C.
- It takes more water to manufacture a new car (39,090 gallons) than to fill an above ground swimming pool.
- Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms: solid, liquid, and gas.
- At 1 drip per second, a faucet can leak 3,000 gallons per year.
- Water makes up between 55-78% of a human's body weight.
For more facts visit the Water.EPA.Gov
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