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One person
uses about 123 gallons of water a day!
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You are
about 65% water. If you weigh 60 pounds that means you are 40 pounds of
water!
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About 80% of
the Earth is covered by oceans and seas.
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About 97% of
the Earth's water is in the oceans and seas.
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About 2% of
the Earth's water is ice (from the frozen glaciers.)
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A person can
live for weeks without food but can only live a few days without water.
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Tomatoes are
95% water.
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Apples are
80% water.
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Earthworms
as also 80% water.
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The water we
drink is the same water that the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago.
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A person
consumes 2 1/2 quarts of water per day from water and food to stay healthy.
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If a faucet
drips one drop per second, it wastes about 888 gallons of water a year.