1. More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in the developing world. Source: http://water.org
2. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours. Source: http://water.org
3. 780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people. Source: http://water.org
4. More people have a mobile phone than a toilet.
5. 780,000,000 lack access to clean water; thats more than 2 1/2 the population of U.S
6. Roughly 70% of an adults body is made out of water. Source: http://www.allaboutwater.org
7. The United States uses about 346,000 million gallons of fresh water every day Source: http://www.allaboutwater.org
8. Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water. Source: http://www.allaboutwater.org
9. The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that it rarely loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on the earth millions of years ago is still present today. Source: http://www.allaboutwater.org
10. A person could live without food for more than a month but without water they could only live around a week or so.
11. Frozen water is 9% lighter than liquid water, which is exactly why ice floats in your drink!
12. 80% of your brain and 25% of your bones are made up of water. Source: www.sydneywater.com
13. Once you drink water, it leaves your stomach in about five minutes! Source: www.sydneywater.com
14. A single tree will give off 265 litres of water per day in evaporation Source: www.blueplanet.nsw
15. Its takes 1,340,000 litres of water to produce 1 tonne of aluminium Source: www.blueplanet.nsw
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