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#1
Up to 80% of illnesses in the developing world are linked to inadequate water and sanitation.
Headless Roach 2 years ago
The remaining 20% are those darn archeologists that dig up mammoths in the arctic or something
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#2
A water bottle production study shows that North American companies take 1.39 liters to make one liter of water.
Calane E. Vanya 2 years ago
I buy good, thick bottles and use them for long time. But I'm fortunate to have good enough sink water. I don't know the best solutions for places with worse source. As for plastic, it should be illegal since we have enough biodegradable materials. give subsidies for companies for modernization and, within a few years, ban the use of plastic and similar materials. It should be possible, but only from the governments.
#4
Drinking too much water can be fatal.
#5
The Atlantic Ocean water is saltier than the Pacific Oceans' water.
#6
A dishwasher uses 4-10 gallons of water per load, while washing by hand can use 20 gallons.
#7
Water can be described as sticky or cohesive, water molecules want to cling to each other which creates large surface tension, for example, this means that water can draw blood from narrow blood vessels in the body, often against gravity.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
This is why swimming pools are dark red by the end of the day.
#8
There is about the same amount of water on Earth now as there were millions of years ago.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
“Water can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only be converted from one form of water to another.”
#9
The Mpemba effect - Hot water can freeze faster than cold water under some conditions.
#10
Since water is much denser than air, the speed of sound in water is approximately five times faster than the speed in air.
#11
500 sheets of paper requires 1,321 gallons of water.
#12
A leaky faucet that drips at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons per year.
#13
Pure water, which does not exist in nature, does not conduct electricity. Water becomes a conductor when it begins to dissolve substances around it.
#14
There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all of our rivers combined.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Obviously, because there are no fish peeing in the atmosphere.
#15
25 billion gallons of water are required for one year’s worth of global textile production, that's including cotton farming as well.
Headless Roach 2 years ago
Let's add a few words here. Having used all that water, a random major fashion outlet will produce between 10 and 16 collections every year, so that next they can contribute to the tens of millions of tons of unsold clothes, that end up in landfills globally every year, that in turn can take up to 200+ years to decompose.
#16
16% of all water withdrawals are used by municipalities for households and services, and 12% by industries.
#17
To create one pint of beer it takes 20 gallons of water.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
We save water in other areas so we can use it for important things like this.
#18
In 1944, two scientists deprived themselves of water - one for three days and one for four days. However, they terminated the experiment before their condition deteriorated to the point where it was dangerous.
Headless Roach 2 years ago
The longest someone is known to have gone without water was in the case of Andreas Mihavecz, an 18-year-old Austrian bricklayer who was left locked in a police cell for 18 days in 1979 after the officers on duty forgot about him. His case even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
#19
20 percent is the average amount of global industrial water pollution that can be tied to garment manufacturing.
#20
If the entire world’s water were to fit into a 4-liter jug, the fresh water available for us would equal only about one tablespoon.
#21
In Canada, there is more water underground than on the surface.
#22
A liquid-water ocean hides under the frozen surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
#23
A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water each day.
Headless Roach 2 years ago
Well, when toilet is running, occasional spills are inevitable. Why would it run tho'? Is anyone chasing it? Is it training for a marathon? The world is such a mystery.
#24
A swimming pool naturally loses about 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) a month to evaporation.
#25
Only 0.007 percent of the planet’s water is available to fuel and feed its 8 billion people.
#26
If you’re drinking on an empty stomach, water can enter your bloodstream within 5 minutes of your first sip.
#27
A 2.6 billion-year-old pocket of water was discovered in a mine, 2 miles below the earth’s surface.
#28
Water regulates the temperature of the Earth.
#29
An average of 468 gallons of water was required to refine a barrel of crude oil by petroleum refineries in the United States.
#30
Body water percentage changes at different times of your life: a human fetus is around 95% water for the first months, getting to 77% water at birth, later it declines even more.
#31
40 billion hours are spent collecting water in Africa alone.
#32
85% of the world's population lives in the driest half of the planet.
Kevin Ber 2 years ago
Lol @ Driest half. I think they mean Northern vs Southern Hemisphere. . The Northern Hemisphere is where the majority of the Earth's land mass is. 10-12% of the Earth population lives in the Siuthern hemisphere and its 80% water.But the Northern Hemisphere receives more rain......
#33
It typically takes between 3,000 and 5,000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of rice.
Headless Roach 2 years ago
It takes 2,700 liters of water to make one cotton shirt, so we better start eating those unsold textiles.
#35
In plants, water defies gravity.
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago (edited)
Due to cohesion and transpiration. Also goes against gravity in the water cycle when evaporating.
#36
The first water pipes made in the U. S. were fire-charred, bored-out logs.
Robert Trebor 2 years ago (edited)
And when they dug up the street in downtown Manhattan to hook up a new skyscraper they found some of these 200 year old bored logs still supplying water. Of course, then they had to replace these, and I'm sure they've had to "dig we must" repeatedly since then.
#37
The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.
#39
Water use has grown at more than twice the rate of population increase in the last century.
#41
More than one-quarter of all bottled water comes from a municipal water supply – the same place that tap water comes from.
#42
If all of the water vapor in our planet’s atmosphere fell as water at once and spread out evenly, it would only cover the globe with about an inch of water.
#43
In 1998 the National Resources Defense Council completed a 4-year test of 103 bottles water, and found that 1/3 of them contained bacteria and other chemicals at levels exceeding industry standards.
#44
The average cost for water supplied to a home in the U.S. is about $2.00 for 1,000 gallons, which equals about 5 gallons for a penny.
Philly Bob 2 years ago
This is why Evian spelled backwards is Naive... ya gotta be naive to spend $3 US on a 16 oz bottle of water.
#45
90% of water-related diseases are due to unsafe water supply, sanitation, and
hygiene, and is mostly concentrated on children in developing countries.
#47
Water is the only substance on earth that is found naturally in three forms: liquid, solid and gas.
Laura Ketteridge 2 years ago
Formic acid has a melting point of 8.4 °C, and boiling point of 100.4C. It is possible for an ant to spray formic acid onto a cold item and for the formic acid to freeze. It's possible for the ant to spray the formic acid onto something hot, and for it to boil.
#50
Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with feces.
#51
Approximately 50 liters of water per person per day are needed to ensure that most basic needs are met while keeping public health risks at a low level.
#52
As of 2015, approximately 322 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
But that water is being used to make things that benefit the whole world like beer.
#55
The estimated annual economic loss from poor water and sanitation in developing countries is $260 billion.
#56
Scientists predict that the water in Earth's oceans came from water-carrying bodies in the early solar system that collided with our planet. Similar to today’s ice-rich asteroids or comets.
#57
The earliest known example of an actual inter-state conflict over water took place between 2500 and 2350 BC between the Sumerian states of Lagash and Umma.
#58
Your drinking water may be fluoridated to help prevent dental cavities.
Russell Bowman 2 years ago
“I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.” Brig. Gen. Jack D. Ripper of "Dr Strangelove"
#59
Depending on the factory, it takes between 2 and 13 liters of water to produce one sheet of A4 paper.
#60
Water-holding frogs can store water in their bodies for more than two years.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Why aren’t we using frogs as bottles instead of plastic? This world makes no sense!
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