We’ve scaled the internet to find 15 facts about water that we hope you didn’t know! After all, it is no doubt the most important thing in the world, right? Humans need it, plants need it and animals need it! We are very lucky to live where we do and have the privilege of having access to water whenever we need it. We were certainly surprised by some of the facts we found so hopefully there is something ion the list below that will surprise you too.
It is estimated that around 400 BILLION gallons of water is used in the United States every day!
It takes 20 gallons of water to produce one pint of beer!
The average human being can live for a month without food but only one week without water.
300 tonnes of water is needed to produce 1 ton of steel. In America, approximately 5.7 billion gallons water is used to flush the toilet!
One gallon of water weighs approximately 8 pounds.
Around 780 Billion people do not have access to improved water source
It is estimated that 2.5 Billion people do not have access to properly sanitised water.7
It is estimated that 2.5 Billion people do not have access to properly sanitised water (thats 35% of the worlds population)
200 children die every hour through drinking unsafe water.
NASA has discovered water on the moon in the form of ice.
Our bodies are 60% water, our brains 70%, our blood is 80% and our bones are 31% water.
Our bodies are 60% water, our brains 70% and our blood is 80% water.
In the United States, there are approximately 100 million miles of pipes delivering water to homes.
