20 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know About Water

20 AMAZING WATER FACTS It takes 91 LITRES to produce one pint of beer One cotton T-shirt has The planet needs 200 MILLION LITRES of water a second to grow food 25 BATHS OF WATER embedded in it If the whole world's water was IN A 4 LITRE JUG, ACCESSIBLE FRESHWATER would account for JUST ONE TABLESPOON Only 1 in 5 water bottles are RECYCLED 1 in 9 people are WITHOUT ACCESS to water in the world The world's tallest water slide is 51.83 METRES HIGH HALF OF THE WORLD'S HOSPITAL beds are filled with people suffering from a WATER-RELATED DISEASE Across the world women & children spend a collective total of 140 MILLION HOURS every day FETCHING WATER EVERY 20 SECONDS 1CHILD DIES from a water related illness It's possible to SUPERCOOL heat water to over 100°C WITHOUT BOILING IT water can remain LIQUID EVEN AT Salt water can Water REGULATES the EARTH'S TEMPERATURE - 48.3°C POWER electric cars The US uses MORE WATER IN A DAY THAN it uses OIL IN A YEAR It takes 7.5 YEARS for the average US resident to USE THE SAME AMOUNT of water that flows over THE NIAGRA FALLS IN 1 SECOND 1 litre of BOTTLED WATER is more EXPENSIVE than 1 litre of PETROL in Australia EACH DAY the sun EVAPORATES A TRILLION TONS of water Baby Adult % OF WATER IN HUMAN BODY WEIGHT A leaky tap can WASTE 455 LITRES 80 70 of water A YEAR ableskills - SPECIALISTS IN CONSTRUCTION TRAINING - Sources http://mages.fastcompany.com/magazine/154/infographic/water-world.html http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/09/how-much-water-did-it-take-to-make-that-pint-of-beer/ http://www.waterwise.org uk/pages/fun-facts.html http://theverruckt.com/ http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/ http://downtoearth.danone.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Infographic-Facts-about- the-global-water-crisis.jpg http://seeyourimpact.org/files/2010/11/Water-Infographic-2.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheating http://www.waterwise.org uk/pages/fun-facts.html http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08722/5-really-weird-things-about-water/ http://thumbnajls.visually.netdna-cdn.com/h2o-facts-infographic_533c67112dd23_w1500.jpg http://c368339.139.cfl.rackcdn.com/372166-1-1351042872.jpg http://theinstitute.iee.org/technology-focus/technology-topic/purifying-water-with-nanotech http://www.ailaboutwater.org/water-facts.html http://www.greenster.com/magazine/files/2012/09/Picture-2-638x300.png http://www.lenntech.com/water-trivia-facts.htm