Some Water Facts:
Glaciers store about 75% of the world's freshwater.
Water has a high surface tension and this is why some bugs can
walk on water.
The natural rotation of the Earth has been altered slightly by
the 10 trillion tons of water stored in reservoirs over the past 40
years, according to NASA.
The annual precipitation for the earth is more than 30 times the
atmosphere's total capacity to hold water.
Over the next 20 years, the average supply of world-wide water
per person is expected to drop by a third.
By the middle of this century, at worst seven billion people in
60 countries will be faced with water scarcity, at best 2 billion
in 48 countries, depending on factors like population growth and
policy-making.
About 2 million tons of waste are dumped every day into rivers,
lakes and streams. One liter of wastewater pollutes about eight
liters of freshwater.
Every day, 6000 people, mostly children under the age of five,
die from diarrhoeal diseases due to worsening water quality.
Driving a car in the city typically results in the loss of as much
as half a litre of water an hour which can trigger emotional
changes that can lead to road rage.
Up to 60 percent of the human body is water. The brain is
composed of 70 percent water. Blood is 82 percent water. And the
lungs are nearly 90 percent water.
You can refill an 8 oz. glass of water approximately 15,000
times for the same cost as a six pack of soda pop. And, water has
no sugar or caffeine!
75% of the human brain in water, which is the same percentage as
the amount of water in a tree.
Two-thirds of the water used in an average home is used in the
bathroom.
If all the water vapor that was in the atmosphere (3100 cubic
miles) fell on the earth as precipitation all at once, there would
only be approximately 1 inch of water covering the earths
surface.
A person takes in about 16,000 gallons of water in his or her
lifetime on the average.
The only water we will ever have is what we have now.
The average five-minute shower takes between 15 to 25 gallons of
water.
An automatic dishwasher uses approximately 9 to12 gallons of
water while hand washing dishes can use up to 20 gallons.
Each person uses about 100 gallons of water a day at home.
The planet Saturn has a density lower than water. So if there
was a bathtub large enough to hold it (which would be pretty weird
to begin with), Saturn would float.
Every time Beethoven sat down to write music, he poured ice
water over his head.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
All porcupines float in water.
The Great Lakes contain 18% of the world's fresh surface water
on earth. Only the polar ice caps and Lake Baikal in Siberia have a
larger volume
To stay healthy, you need 2-3 quarts of water each day.
Water covers nearly three-fourths of the earth's surface.
Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch
water.
During the 20th century, water use increased at double the rate of
population growth; while the global population tripled, water use
per capita increased by six times.
Water is a strange substance in that it expands when it turns
from liquid to solid state. most substances will shrink, or remain
constant in size.
Water is strange in that it is a rare substance that occurs on
all three states naturally: in solid, liquid, and gas.
It takes 2 gallons to brush your teeth, 2 to 7 gallons to flush
a toilet, and 25 to 50 gallons to take a shower.
The average person in the North America uses 80 to 100 gallons
of water each day. During medieval times a person used only 5
gallons per day.
A dripping water tap wastes an average of 40 kilowatt hours of
electricity per month. This is the equivalent of running a colour
television 8 hours a day for about 31 days.
The original cache was muggled and torn down from its location.
It has been replaced with a camouflaged container not too far from
the original