If all of the water vapour in our planet's atmosphere fell as water at once and spread out evenly, it would cover the globe with about an inch of water.
Newborn babies have even more, ringing in at 78% water.
An inch of H20 covering one acre (27,154 gallons) weighs 113 tons.
97% of the water on Earth is found in the ocean; 2.5% is unavailable fresh water and 0.5% is available freshwater.
More than one-quarter of all bottled water comes from a municipal water supply the same place that tap water comes from.
Since the average faucet releases 2 gallons of water per minute, you can save up to 4 gallons of water each day.
There are around 1 million miles of water pipeline and aqueducts in the U.S. and Canada, enough to circle the globe 40 times.
The WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION says 2 gallons per person daily to meet the requirements of most people under most conditions; and around 5 gallons per person daily to cover basic hygiene and food hygiene needs.
On average, an American resident uses about 100 gallons of water per day
It takes 2.6 gallons of water to make 17 ounces of plastic.
Americans use 5 times the amount of water that Europeans use.
A small drip from a faucet can waste as much as 75 liters of water every day.
Water is the only substance on earth found naturally in three forms: liquid, solid and gas.
A trillion tons of h20 evaporated by the sun daily.
In canada there is more underground water than the surface.
Canada is home to 25% of the world's wetlands. In fact, it's the the largest wetland area in the world.
Our bodies are 60-70% water; our brains are 75% of water; our lings are nearly 90% water; and our blood is about 82% water.
Freshwater withdrawals for agriculture exceed 90% in many countries: Cambodia 94%, Pakistan 94%, Vietnam 95%, Madagascar 97%, Iran 92%.
NASA has discovered water in the form ice on the moon.
It takes 25 liters of water to make 1 bottle of Beer.
The hottest sea water is in the persian gulf. It is 35 degrees centigrade.
A seagull can drink saltwater as it has special glands to filter out the salt.
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