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Interesting Facts About Water, According To YOU!
People were asked, what is the most interesting fact or tidbit about water that you know, or have heard? Now, we have not researched the validity of these statements, but i think you will find them intriguing, and worth a thought. We would love to hear what you have to say too.
-Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water based disease. http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
- "When the well's dry, we know the worth of water." -Ben Franklin
-70% of all the water consumed in this country goes into agriculture, which means that, in a sense, we eat far more water than we drink.
- Up to 70 percent of our body is water. Muscle is made up of about 75 percent water. Fat is made up of about 50 percent water. Bones, too, are about 50 percent water.
-I've often wondered how much water is lost due to evaporation as Colorado River water is channeled across the desert.
-only 3% of earths water is fresh water and 2 of the 3% is ice. That 1% has to sustain us and future generations!
-A typical hamburger can take 630 gallons (of water) to produce.
-The average annual evaporation from the surface the Great Lakes is almost equivalent to the average annual precipitation onto the surface of the Great Lakes.
-3,575,000 will die this year because they do not have access to clean water.
-So if 1) water is the single most important resource we have and 2) there is a limited supply which cannot be replaced, then why are we willingly, knowingly, a) allowing it to be polluted from agricultural and roof runoffs and b) infusing it with chemical pollutants from fracking for natural gas?
-The Amazon Rain Forest creates and contains 2/3 of the world's natural water supply.
-Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over." -Mark Twain
-Demand for water is projected to outstrip supply by a staggering 40 percent by 2030, and an estimated half the world’s population are likely to live in areas of high water stress by the same year.
- We have alternative forms of energy that we can use to power what we do during the day. But there is no substitute for water. Think about it.
Be sure to add your own thoughts about this. Special thanks to the Greenbiz.com community on LinkedIn for contributing.