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KNOWLEDGE QUENCHERS

Quench your thirst for water information with these fun facts!

1. Water is the most common substance found on earth.


2. The ocean and seas of the world comprise 97% of all the earth’s water, which means only 3 percent of the water on our planet of is fresh, potentially drinkable water.


3. Eighty (80) percent of the earth’s surface is water, but only ONE (1) percent is suitable for drinking. Two (2) percent is frozen, and therefore, unusable in its natural state.


4. Some of the water consumed around the world today can very well be from the dinosaur era because water is constantly being recycled.


5. Water is the only substance found on earth that naturally comes in three forms: solid (ice), liquid and gas.


6. Water is a natural insulator that helps regulate the earth’s temperature.


7. Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius.


8. Water vaporizes at 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees C.


9. Almost two thirds of the human body is comprised of water. Your skin is 70 percent water.


10. A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.


11. The weight of water in one cubic foot is 62.4 pounds.


12. Most people use more than 100 gallons of water daily.


13. An average family uses more than 100,000 gallons of water a year (indoors and outside).


14. It takes 2-7 gallons of water to flush a toilet.


15. An average five-minute shower uses approximately 15-25 gallons of water.


16. On the average, washing dishes by hand uses up 9-20 gallons of water; and much, much more than that if you’re cleaning up after a big party like a fiesta, of course.


17. 17. All ingredients, materials, and, or processing considered, it takes about 150 gallons of water to produce of a loaf of bread, 100 gallons to grow a watermelon, 35 gallons to produce rice, 6 gallons to produce french fries, and more than 39,090 gallons of water to manufacture a new car, including new tires!

All ingredients, materials, and, or processing considered, it takes about 150 gallons of water to produce of a loaf of bread, 100 gallons to grow a watermelon, 35 gallons to produce rice, 6 gallons to produce french fries, and more than 39,090 gallons of water to manufacture a new car, including new tires!