Amazing Water Amazing Water FactsFacts

……and How Much Of It We Can and How Much Of It We Can Actually Use!Actually Use!

The Earth’s Oceans…The Earth’s Oceans…

• The Earth's oceans The Earth's oceans cover about cover about 140,500,000 140,500,000 square miles!square miles!

• They contain They contain almost almost 330,000,000 cubic 330,000,000 cubic miles of water!miles of water!

Only 3% is fresh water…Only 3% is fresh water…

• 80% of the 80% of the surface of the surface of the earth is water but earth is water but only 3% is fresh only 3% is fresh water we can water we can actually use…not actually use…not a lot is it?a lot is it?

He looks a bit tense….!He looks a bit tense….!

• The water we The water we use today is the use today is the same water the same water the dinosaurs used…dinosaurs used…it just goes it just goes round and round and round!round!

• 1.5 billion people 1.5 billion people do not have do not have access to a safe access to a safe and adequate and adequate water supply….water supply….

More than…More than…

Snow…Snow…

• Fresh, incompact Fresh, incompact snow is actually snow is actually 90-95 percent 90-95 percent trapped air.trapped air.

Even Einstein…..Even Einstein…..

• Humans require Humans require about 2.5 litres about 2.5 litres of water a day…of water a day…yes even yes even Einstein did!Einstein did!

Mostly water…Mostly water…

• A watermelon is A watermelon is about 92 about 92 percent water….percent water….

• An egg is about An egg is about 74 percent 74 percent water…and water…and that’s no joke!that’s no joke!

You must be yoking…You must be yoking…

• 38 litres of water 38 litres of water are needed to are needed to refine 1 litre of refine 1 litre of petrol. petrol.

• A shower can A shower can use 19 litres of use 19 litres of water every water every single minute…single minute…wow!wow!

• The average The average toilet uses 19 to toilet uses 19 to 26 litres of water 26 litres of water per flush… per flush…

Even with all the fresh water Even with all the fresh water we actually have…we actually have…

• Some of it is unfit for human Some of it is unfit for human consumption.consumption.

• What water we have…we waste…What water we have…we waste…

• A lot contains dissolved minerals like A lot contains dissolved minerals like calcium and magnesium – often called calcium and magnesium – often called hard water that are difficult to remove!hard water that are difficult to remove!

•85% of the USA has hard 85% of the USA has hard water!water!

•60% of the UK has hard 60% of the UK has hard water!water!

•The rest of the world also has “fresh” The rest of the world also has “fresh” water that contains minerals that make water that contains minerals that make it hard…it’s a big problem!it hard…it’s a big problem!

•But we are here to help!But we are here to help!

Thank You!Thank You!

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