Water Trivia Facts as provided by the Environmental Protection Agency
1. Q: True or False: Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms.
A: True (Solid, liquid and gas)
2. Q: Does water regulate the earth's temperature?
A: Yes (it is a natural insulator)
3. Q: At what temperature does water freeze?
A: 32 degrees F, 0 degrees C
4. Q: At what temperature does water vaporize?
A: 212 degrees F, 100 degrees C
5. Q: How long can a person live without food?
A: More than a month
Q: How long can a person live without water?
A: Approximately one week, depending upon conditions
6. Q: How much of the human body is water?
A: 66%
7. Q: How much of the earth's surface is water?
A: 80%
8. Q: How much water must a person consume per day to maintain health?
A: 2.5 quarts from all sources (i.e. water, food)
9. Q: Of all the earth's water, how much is ocean or seas?
A: 97%
10. Q: How much of the world's water is frozen and therefore unusable?
A: 2%
11. Q: How much of the earth's water is suitable for drinking water?
A: 1%
12. Q: Is it possible for me to drink water that was part of the dinosaur era?
A: Yes - water is constantly recycled
13. Q: What is the most common substance found on earth?
A; Water
14. Q: How much water does the average residence use during a year?
A: Over 100,000 gallons (indoors and outside)
15. Q: How much water does an individual use daily?
A: Over 100 gallons (all uses)
16. Q: What does a person pay for water on a daily basis?
A: National average is 25 cents
17. Q: How many community public water systems are there in the United States?
A: 54,000
18. Q: How much water do these utilities process daily?
A: 38 billion gallons
19. Q: What does it cost to operate the water systems throughout the country annually?
A: Over $3.5 billion
20. Q: How many miles of pipeline and aqueducts are in the United States and Canada?
A: Approximately one million miles, or enough to circle the earth 40 times
21. Q: What were the first water pipes made from in the US?
A: Fire charred bored logs
22. Q: Where was the first municipal water filtration works opened and when?
A: Paisley, Scotland in 1832
23. Q: Of the nation's community water supplies, what percentage are investor-owned?
A: 15 %
24. Q: How many households use private wells for their water supply?
A: More than 13 million
25. Q: How much water is used to flush a toilet?
A: 2-7 gallons
26. Q: How much water is used in the average five-minute shower?
A: 15-25 gallons
27. Q: How much water is used on the average for an automatic dishwasher?
A: 9-12 gallons
28. Q: On the average, how much is used to hand wash dishes?
A: 9-20 gallons
29. Q: How much does one gallon of water weigh?
A: 8.34 pounds
30. Q: What is the weight of water in one cubic foot?
A: 62.4 pounds
31. Q: How much water drops with an inch of rain?
A: One inch of inch of rainfall drops 7,000 gallons
32. Q: How much water does it take to process a quarter pound of hamburger?
A: Approximately one gallon
33. Q: How much water does it take to produce one ton of steel?
A: 62,600 gallons
34. Q: How much water is used to produce a single day's supply of U.S. newsprint?
A: 300 million gallons
35. Q: What is the total amount of water used to manufacture a new car, including new tires?
A: 39,090 gallons per car
