Water Facts

Water FactsJon and Charlie

•It takes over 11,000 liters of water to produce a pound of coffee.

•On average, women in Africa and Asia have to walk 3.7 miles to collect water

•The average dishwasher uses over 100 liters per cycle

•80% of all illness in the developing world comes from water born diseases

•A five minute shower in an American household will use more water than a person living in a developing world slum will use in a whole day.

•Global sales of bottled water account for over $60-$80 billion each year.

•In a typical year in Africa 5–10 times the number of people die from diarrhea than from war.

•A child dies of water born diseases about every 15 seconds. By this time tomorrow, another 2,500 will be dead.

•The overall amount of water on our planet has remained the same for two billion years.

•There is the same amount of water on earth as there was when the earth was formed. The water that came from your faucet could contain molecules that Neanderthals drank

•Less than 1% of the water supply on earth can be used as drinking water.

•Americans use five times the amount of water that Europeans use.

•Bottled water can be up to 1000 times more expensive than tap water and it may not be as safe.

•A small drip from a faucet can waste as much as 75 liters of water a day.

•If all the world's water were fit into a gallon jug, the fresh water available for us to use would equal only about one tablespoon