68% of ground water pumped each day is used for irrigation, making it the largest use of groundwater in the
u.s.
Nearly 57 billion gallons of groundwater is pumped each day for irrigation.
An acre of corn transpires 4,000 gallons of water per day, adding more humidity to the atmosphere than a lake of
the same size.
Water used for irrigating crops and raising livestock helps American farmers produce $197 billion worth of food
and fiber every year.
An ear of corn is 80% water.
75% of a chicken is water.
80% of a pineapple is water.
95% of a tomato is water.
An elephant is 70% water.
82% of human blood is water.
Up to 60% of the human body is water.
70% of the human brain is water.
Nearly 90% of the human lungs is water.
1 out of every 10 people is served by a community water system reporting a health standard violation.
A clean US public water supply is one of public health’s greatest achievements.
The average adult body has 10-12 gallons of water.
Clean sidewalks and driveways with a broom not a hose.
1 gallon of gasoline can contaminate about 750,000 gallons of water.
218 million Americans live within 10 miles of a polluted lake, river, stream, or coastal area.
Almost 300,000 miles of rivers and streams do not meet state water quality goals.
More than 5 million acres of lakes do not meet state water quality goals.
Polluted runoff is the leading cause of water quality problems.
Pollution from agriculture, including cropland erosion, animal waste, and fertilizers, is the leading cause of
polluted runoff.
Major threats to groundwater include underground storage tanks, septic systems, and landfills.
septic systems are a significant source of groundwater pollution.
51% of the people in the US depend on groundwater for drinking water.
Of the Earth’s water that’s useable by humans, 98% is groundwater.
17,000,000 households use private wells for their water supply.
Americans drink more than 1 billion glasses of tap water per day.
There are 54,000 community water systems in the US, processing nearly 34 billion gallons of water per day.
Bottled water may cost up to 1,000 times more than municipal water and may not be as safe.
You could be drinking water that was used by a dinosaur.
You can have about 1000 glasses of tap water for the price of 1 can of soda pop.
Manufacturers use about 9 trillion gallons of fresh water every year.
Birds, fish, reptiles, and other species that live in lakes, rivers and wetlands have decreased by 54%
The largest use of household water is to flush toilets.
The average 5-minute shower uses 25-50 gallons of water.
On average it takes 2 gallons of water to brush your teeth.
Nearly 3/4 of the water that comes to our homes goes down the drains.
Little leaks can waste alot of water.
An energy star washing machine uses 18-25 gallons of water per load, compared to 40 gallons for a standard
washer.
Keep a water bottle in the refrigerator for cold drinks.
Each US household uses about 107,000 gallons of water each year.
Aquifer comes from two Latin words: Aqua (Water) and ferre (to bear or carry).
Gravity pulls water toward the center of the Earth, creating groundwater.
An aquifer is an underground geological formation (soil rocks) able to store and yield water.
A confined (or artesian) aquifer exists where groundwater is bunded between layers of impermeable substances
like clay or dense rock.
Groundwater is a major source of water for lakes and wetlands.
most of the world’s groundwater is within 1/2 mile of the earth’s surface.
The age of groundwater can vary from less than a day to tens of thousands of years old.
Of all the freshwater that exists, about 75% is stored in polar ice and glaciers and about 25% is stored in
groundwater.
There is over 33 times more freshwater in groundwater than is lakes and rivers.
Hydrogeology is the study of groundwater.
The US has at least 33,000 trillion gallons of groundwater-equal to the amount discharged into the Gulf of
Mexico by the Mississippi River in the past 200 years.
Freshwater stored in rivers, lakes, and soil moisture amounts to less than 1% of the worlds freshwater.
Water regulated the Earth’s temperature.
A birch tree gives off 70 gallons of water per day in evaporations.
1 gallon of water weight 8.34 pounds.
In the past century over half of all wetlands on the planet have been lost to development
Wetlands are important to the health of natural systems and people because they act as filters and flood
buffers.
Pure water has a neutral ph; it’s neither acidic nor basic.
Water is called the universal solvent because it dissolves more substances than any other liquid.
There is the same amount of water on earth today as there was 3 billion years ago.
Water is the only natural substance found on earth in 3 forms-solid, liquid, gas.
97% of the worlds water is salty or otherwise undrinkable, 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers, 1% is
available for human use.
There is the same amount of water on earth as there was when the earth was formed.
About 3,100 cubic miles of water, mostly in the form of water vapor, is in the atmosphere at any one time.
If all the world’s water were poured on the United States, it would cover the land to a depth of 90 miles.
There is a theory that much of Earth’s water came from comets hitting the planet over billions of years ago.
Water expands by 9% when it freezes.
Between 70% and 75% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.
Falling raindrops are shaped more like hamburger bums than tear drops.
1.5 billion people worldwide depend on groundwater for drinking water.
1 cubic foot of water contains 7.48 gallons.
The 48 contiguous United States receive about 4 cubic miles of precipitation each day.
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was
And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years
they lost all memory of the dry years.
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
A river is the report card for its watershed.
When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.
When you drink the water, remember the spring.
Water is the only drink for a wise man.
Meditation and water are wedded forever.
Little drops of water, like grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
the frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
345 billion gallons of freshwater a day are used in the us.
2,072 gallons of water are needed to make 4 new tires.
39,090 gallons of water are needed to manufacture a new car, including tires.
1,303 gallons of water are needed to produce a single hamburger.
24 gallons of water are needed to make 1 pound of plastic.
101 gallons of water are needed to make 1 pound of wool or cotton.
1,851 gallons of water are needed to refine 1 barrel of crude oil.
28,100 gallons of water are needed to process 1 ton of cane sugar to make processed sugar.
6 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 serving of french fries.
Only 0.3% of the Earth’s water is useable by humans.
The best time to water your lawn is early in the morning on a calm day.
Plant drought-tolerant plants in your yard to save watering.