In 1900, 25,000 American’s died of typhoid. By 1960, thanks to the use of chlorine in water treatment, that number dropped to only 20.
There are approximately one million miles of water pipeline and aqueducts in the United States and Canada, enough to circle Earth 40 times.
The first water pipes in the US were made from wood (bored logs that were charred with fire).
The first municipal water filtration works opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832.
Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh water. 97% of the water on Earth is salt water.
68.7% of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in glaciers.
30% of fresh water is in the ground.
1.7% of the world’s water is frozen and therefore unusable.
Water covers about 70.9% of the Earth’s surface.
More than 25% of bottled water comes from a municipal water supply, the same place that tap water comes from.
Approximately 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.
At 1 drip per second, a faucet can leak 3,000 gallons per year.
American residents on average use about 100 gallons of water per day.
Americans use more water each day by flushing the toilet than they do by showering or any other activity.
At 50 gallons per day, residential Europeans use about half of the water that residential Americans use.
The average faucet flows at a rate of 2 gallons per minute. You can save up to four gallons of water every morning by turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth.
Taking a bath requires up to 70 gallons of water. A five-minute shower uses only 10 to 25 gallons.
A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water per day.
If you drink your daily recommended 8 glasses of water per day from the tap, it will cost you about 50 cents per year.
If you choose to drink it from water bottles, it can cost you up to $1,400 dollars.
A gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds.
It takes more than ten gallons of water to produce one slice of bread.
Over 713 gallons of water go into the production of one cotton T-shirt.
1000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.
Roughly 634 gallons of water go into the production of one hamburger.