Water Factz By Nick n’ Matt. There are 326 million cubic miles of water on Earth. The first municipal water filtration works opened in Paisley, Scotland.

Water FactzBy Nick n’ Matt

• There are 326 million cubic miles of water on Earth.

• The first municipal water filtration works opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832.

• Approximately 1 million miles of pipelines and aqueducts carry water in the United States and Canada. That's enough to circle the earth 40 times.

• 75% of a chicken, 80% of a pineapple, and 95% of a tomato is water.

• Industries released 197 million pounds of toxic chemicals into waterways in 1990.

• If every household in America had a faucet that dripped once each second, 928 million gallons of water a day would leak away.

• A dairy cow must drink four gallons of water to produce one gallon of milk.

• One gallon of water weighs approximately 8½ pounds.

• You can refill an 8 oz glass of water approximately 15,000 times for the same cost as a six-pack of soda.

• The first water pipes in the U.S. were made of hollowed-out logs.

• 352 days - record of consecutive days with no measurable precipitation in Sentinel, AZ (Feb 1901 - Jan 1902).

• The water in Lake Tahoe could cover a flat area the size of California 14 inches deep. This amount of water is enough to supply everyone in the U.S. with 50 gallons of water/day for 5 years.

• About half the world’s hospital beds are occupied by someone with a water related illness.

• 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.

• Water consumption in a US household is eight times that of an Indian household.