- Water is a natural insulator, which regulates the earth’s temperature.
- A person can live without food for more than a month but only one week without water, depending on conditions.
- The average Canadian household uses 1,400 liters of water during the day, or 511,000 liters of water during the year.
- It takes approximately 3.75 liters to process a quarter pound of hamburger.
- 147,955 liters of water is used to manufacture a new car including tires.
- If all the Earth’s water were in a 5L pail the available freshwater would only fill a teaspoon
- 97% of all the water on earth is not available for cooking or drinking (oceans, ice and atmosphere). Only .3% is usable by humans!
- Canada has the longest coastline in the world with 243,792 km.
- Of all the water we use in the average home: 35% for bathing, 30% to flush the toilet, 20% for laundry, 10% for drinking/cooking and 5% for the rest.
- 50% of the world’s population lives on a daily ration of drinking water that amounts to what Canadians use in the first 90 seconds of a shower
- 1L of Oil pollutes 2 million L of groundwater
- The human body is about 70% water
- More than half of animals and plants live in water
- 66% of all freshwater is polar ice and snow
- 75% of Earth is covered in water
- Canadians use more water per person than anyone else does in the world!
- Wetlands hold and filter water to prevent droughts and floods.
- Wetlands provide habitat for thousands of plants and animals.
- During summer, 50% of all treated water is sprayed on lawns!
- Oceans contain 92.4% of the Earth’s water!
- The total amount of water on Earth has never changed!
- There is NO substitute for water!
- 40% of the world’s population lives with a shortage of drinking water!
- Foods that are mainly water include Tomatoes (95%), Milk (90%) and hotdogs (58%).
- Raindrops are not shaped like tears. They look more like small hamburgers!
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