Water Trivia Facts

1. Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three

forms. True (Solid, liquid and gas)
2. Does water regulate the earths temperature?
Yes (it is a natural insulator)
3. At what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees F, 0 degrees C
4. At what temperature does water vaporize?
212 degrees F, 100 degrees C
5. How long can a person live without food?
More than a month
How long can a person live without water?
Approximately one week, depending upon conditions
6. How much of the human body is water? 66%
7. How much of the earths surface is water? 80%
8. How much water must a person consume per day to maintain
health?
2.5 quarts from all sources (i.e. water, food)
9. Of all the earths water, how much is ocean or seas? 97%
10. How much of the worlds water is frozen and therefore
unusable? 2%
11. How much of the earths water is suitable for drinking water?
1%
12. Is it possible for me to drink water that was part of the dinosaur
era?
Yes - water is constantly recycled
13. What is the most common substance found on earth?
Water
14. How much water does the average residence use during a year?
Over 100,000 gallons (indoors and outside)
15. How much water does an individual use daily?
Over 100 gallons (all uses)
16. What does a person pay for water on a daily basis?
National average is 25 cents
17. How many community public water systems are there in the
United States? 54,000
18. How much water do these utilities process daily? 38 billion
gallons
19. What does it cost to operate the water systems throughout the
country annually? Over $3.5 billion
20. How many miles of pipeline and aqueducts are in the United
States and Canada?
Approximately one million miles, or enough to circle the earth 40
times
21. What were the first water pipes made from in the US? Fire
charred bored logs
22. Where was the first municipal water filtration works opened and
when? Paisley, Scotland in 1832
23. Of the nations community water supplies, what percentage are
investor-owned? 15 %
24. How many households use private wells for their water supply?
More than 13 million
25. How much water is used to flush a toilet? 2-7 gallons
26. How much water is used in the average five-minute shower? 15-
25 gallons
27. How much water is used on the average for an automatic
dishwasher? 9-12 gallons
28. On the average, how much is used to hand wash dishes? 9-20
gallons
29. How much does one gallon of water weigh? 8.34 pounds
30. What is the weight of water in one cubic foot? 62.4 pounds
31. How much water drops with an inch of rain on one acre of
ground? 27,154 gallons, which weighs 113 tons
32. How much water does it take to process a quarter pound of
hamburger? Approximately one gallon
33. How much water does it take to produce one ton of steel?
62,600 gallons
34. How much water is used to produce a single days supply of U.S.
newsprint? 300 million gallons
35. What is the total amount of water used to manufacture a new
car, including new tires? 39,090 gallons per car
36. How much water must a dairy cow drink to produce one gallon
of milk? Four gallons
37. How much water is used during the growing/production of a
chicken? 400 gallons
38. How much water is used during the growing/production of
almonds? 12 gallons
39. How much water is used during the growing/production of
french fries? 6 gallons
40. How much water is used during the growing/production of a
single orange? 13.8 gallons
41. How much water is used during the growing/production of a
watermelon? 100 gallons
42. How much water is used during the growing/production of a
loaf of bread? 150 gallons
43. How much water is used during the growing/production of a
tomato? 3 gallons
44. How much water is used during the growing/production of rice?
35 gallons
45. How much water us used during the production of an egg? 120
gallons

Fun water facts
Water is the most common substance found on
earth.
Water is the only substance found naturally in three
forms: solid, liquid, and gas.
Eighty percent of the earth's surface is water.
Ninety-seven percent of the earth's water is
saltwater in oceans and seas. Of the 3% that is
freshwater, only 1% is available for drinking - the
remaining 2% is frozen in the polar ice caps.
Water serves as nature's thermometer, helping to
regulate the earth's temperature.
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees
Celsius.
Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees
Celsius.
Once evaporated, a water molecule spends ten days
in the air.
Forty trillion gallons of water a day are carried in the
atmosphere across the United States.
An acre of corn gives off 4,000 gallons of water per
day in evaporation.
Forty percent of the atmosphere's moisture falls as
precipitation each day.
One gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds; one cubic
foot contains 7.84 gallons of water.
People need about 2.5 quarts of water a day to
maintain good health. A person can live without
water for approximately one week, depending upon
the conditions.
While usage varies from community to community
and person to person, on average, Americans use
183 gallons of water a day for cooking, washing,
flushing, and watering purposes. The average family
turns on the tap between 70 and 100 times daily.
About 74% of home water usage is in the bathroom,
about 21% is for laundry and cleaning, and about
5% is in the kitchen.
A clothes washer uses about 50 gallons of water (the
permanent press cycle uses an additional 15
gallons).
It takes 12 to 20 gallons of water to run an
automatic dishwasher for one cycle.
About 2 gallons of water go down the drain when the
kitchen faucet is run until the water's cold.
About 2 gallons of water are used to brush our teeth.
Flushing a toilet requires 2 to 7 gallons of water.
A 10 minute shower can take 25 - 50 gallons of
water. High flow shower heads spew water out at 6 -
10 gallons a minute. Low flow shower heads can cut
the rate in half without reducing pressure.
About 25 - 50 gallons are needed for a tub bath.
A typical garden hose can deliver 50 gallons of water
in just 5 minutes.
It takes about four times the amount of water to
produce food and fiber than all other uses of water
combined.
About 4,000 gallons of water are needed to grow one
bushel of corn, 11,000 gallons to grow one bushel of
wheat, and about 135,000 gallons to grow one ton of
alfalfa.
It takes about 1,000 gallons of water to grow the
wheat to make a two pound loaf of bread, and about
120 gallons to produce one egg.
About 1,400 gallons of water are used to produce a
meal of a quarter- pound hamburger, an order of
fries and a soft drink.
About 48,000 gallons are needed to produce the
typical American Thanksgiving dinner for eight
people.
About 1,800 gallons of water are needed to produce
the cotton in a pair jeans, and 400 gallons to
produce the cotton in a shirt.
It takes 39,000 gallons of water to produce the
average domestic auto, including tires.
Producing an average-size Sunday newspaper
requires about 150 gallons of water.
Water makes up almost two-thirds of the human
body, and seventy percent of the brain.
Four hundred gallons of water are recycled through
our kidneys each day.
Water makes up 80% of an earthworm, 70% of a
chicken, and 70% of an elephant
Water makes up 90% of a tomato, 80% of
pineapples and corn, and 70% of a tree.
About 60,000 public water systems across the United
States process 34 billion gallons of water per day for
home and commercial use. Eighty-five percent of the
population is served by these facilities. The
remaining 15 percent rely on 13 million private.
It can take up to 45 minutes for a water supplier to
produce one glass of drinking 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.
An average of 800,000 water wells are drilled each
year in the United States. That's tapping into our
underground water supplies at approximately 100
times each hour for domestic, farming, and
commercial needs.
The United States and Canada have about one
million miles of pipelines and aqueducts - enough to
circle the planet 40 times.