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Test Your Water IQ WOULD YOU BELIEVE? THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD USES 350 GALLONS OF WATER A DAY Nearly two-thirds of the world's population will experience water shortages by 2025. Ox 2,900 = %3D It takes 2,900 gallons of water to make a SINGLE pair of blue jeans. It takes three liters of water to make every one-liter bottle of water. (And that's before they put the water in!) WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? 884 million people lack access to clean water (THAT'S NEARLY THREE TIMES THE U.S. POPULATION). Already, some California residents have to truck in bottled water to bathe their kids. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Reduce Junk Mail About 28 billion gallons of water is used to produce all of that unwanted paper. Sign up at dmachoice.org to remove your address from marketers lists. Go Meatless on Mondays Eat Sustainable Fish Food accounts for at least half of your water footprint. The five to eat now are.. Pacific Sardines Pacific Halibut Mussels Barramundi It takes 1,857 gallons of water to produce a single pound of beef. Wild Alaskan Salmon If It's Yellow, Let It Mellow It might take some getting used to, but not flushing every time can make a BIG difference. A family of four could save 9 to 11 flushes-or the equivalent of 45 to 55 gallons a day! THE BLUE SSUErSALL ABOUT no wholeliving For more helpful tips on saving water, check out the April (Blue) issue of Whole Living. lemon ly Created by