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20 More Amazing Water Facts

WATER INFOGRAPHICS WATER NEARLY covers around of the Earth's surface 70% of the world's water is salty 97%0or otherwise undrinkable The average total home water use for each person in the U.S. is about There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was formed. 50 gallons a day 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE A PERSON CAN worldwide drink water that is contaminated with feces. live about a month without food, but only about a week without water 1 in 10 people lack access to safe water It takes 2 gallons of water to brush your teeth annually. In a year, the Each average American Day residence uses over 100,000 gallons the sun evaporates a trillion tons of water. OF THE 3% OF FRESH WATER THE AVERAGE COST 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers leaving just 1% for all of |humanity's needs. for water supplied to a home in the U.S. is about $2.00 for 1,000 gallons, which equals about 5 gallons for a penny. More than one-quarter of all bottled water comes from a municipal water supply – the same place that tap water comes from. In developing nations women and girls are primarily responsible for collecting water; on average, 25% of their day is spent on this task. 25% BY THE TIME 3.4 MILLION you feel thirsty, your body has lost more than 1% people die every year from water related |of its total water diseases An average A bath uses up to 70 gallons swimming pool of water; a five-minute loses 1000 shower uses 10 to 25 gallons gallaons of water a month to evaporation HAND-WASHING DISHES GROUNDWATER CAN TAKE A uses up to 7 times the water a modern dishwashen uses human lifetime just to traverse a mile

20 More Amazing Water Facts

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Well, since we see you love infographics we thought we’d give you another one to ponder. It’s easy to take our access to safe water for granted, but with the recent crisis in Flint, Michigan more ...

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