ENVIRONMENTAL
WATER CONSERVATION
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- Three percent of the water on Earth is freshwater and only 1% is
available for human consumption.
- Sixty-six percent of a human being is water.
- Seventy-five percent of the human brain is water.
- Seventy-five percent of a living tree is water.
- You could survive about a month without food, but only 5 to 7 days
without water.
- On the average, each American uses about 160 gallons of water a day at a
cost of 27 cents.
- Bottled water may cost 1000 times more than municipal drinking water and
may not be as safe.
- Two-thirds of the water used in an average home is used in the bathroom.
- Typically 4 to 6 gallons of water are used for every toilet flush.
- On the average, a person uses 2 gallons of water to brush his or her
teeth a day.
- A 10-minute shower uses about 55 gallons of water.
- A leaking faucet can waste up to 100 gallons of water a day.
- The average person spends less than 1% of his or her total personal
expenditure dollars for water, waste water, and water disposal services.
- There are about 60,000 community water suppliers in America.
- Public water supplies must meet or exceed Environmental Protection Agency
standards. Many public water supplies consistently supply water that is much better than
minimum standards.
- The Amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1986 increased the number
of contaminants to be regulated from 26 to 83 and expanded EPA's enforcement authority.
- If a drinking water supplier violates any federal standard, the utility
by law must tell the customer.
- Current water treatment methods are designed to make drinking water clear
and to kill germs.
- The pipes that carry drinking water from treatment plants to homes are
regularly cleaned.
- It takes about 39,000 gallons of water to produce the average domestic
auto, including tires.
- It is not safe for hikers and backpackers to drink water directly from
remote streams.
- One gallon of gasoline can contaminate approximately 750,000 gallons of
water.
- You can help prevent pollution of drinking water sources by carefully
disposing of the chemical products you use.
- An acre of corn contributes more to humidity than a lake of the same
size.
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Average cost of water and sewer in the Northern Virginia
area is $4.21 Per. 1000 Gallons.
If a faucet has a leak, it is more likely to be on the hot side than the
cold side, then the cost of heating the water must be included. The cost to heat 2000
gallons of water with an electric water heater at .80 cents a Kilowatt is $65.95 a month.
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One toilet can leak 2000 Gal. of water in just a month.
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