So You T hought Y ou Knew Water?
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So You Thought You Knew Water?
Justine and Allison A. will prove you wrong
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1. The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles 32
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2. If the entire adult population of England and Wales remembered to turn off the tap when they were brushing their teeth, we could save 180 mega liters a day…
(mega liter= 1,000,oo0 liters)
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3…That’s 180 Olympic swimming pools!
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4. If every household in America had a faucet that dripped once each second, 928 million gallons of water a day would leak away.
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5. The United States uses nearly 80 percent of its water for irrigation and thermoelectric power.
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6. The United States and Canada have about one million miles of pipelines and aqueducts - enough to circle the planet 40 times.
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7. The water from your faucet could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank !
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8. It takes 200,000,000 liters per second to grow food for the planet
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9. The average person in the United States uses 80 to 100 gallons of water each day. During medieval times a person used only 5 gallons per day
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10. Producing an average-size Sunday newspaper requires about 150 gallons of water.
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11. To produce just one pint of beer it , takes 170 liters of water
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12. A dairy cow must drink four gallons of water to produce one gallon of milk.
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13. You can refill an 8-oz glass of water approximately 15,000 times for the same cost as a six-pack of soda.
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14. 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.
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15. About 48,000 gallons are needed to produce the typical American Thanksgiving dinner for eight people.