Water Trivia
- It requires approximately 4 gallons of water to process a pound of hamburger.
- It takes 1,500 gallons of water to make one barrel of beer.
- About 39,000 gallons of water are used to manufacture a new car.
- There are about 17 million households in the U.S. that use water from privates wells.
- An average residence in the U.S. uses 107,000 gallons per year.
- The average daily cost of public water supply is 25 cents per person.
- Of all the earth's water, 97% is in the oceans, 2% is frozen, and 1% is suitable for drinking water.
- A human can survive for about a month without food, but can live only about a week without water.
Fun Facts
Trace Concentration Put In Perspective
1 Part Million is the same as: | 1 Part Billion is the same as: | 1 Part Trillion is the same as: |
1 inch in 16 miles | 1 inch in 16,000 miles | 1 inch in 16,000,000 miles |
1 minute in 2 years | 1 second in 32 years | 1 second in 320 centuries |
1 cent in $10,000 | 1 cent in $10 million | 1 cent in $10 billion |
1 oz of salt in 31 tons of potato chips | 1 pinch of salt in 10 tons of potato chips | 1 pinch of salt in 10,000 tons of potato chips |