Water facts
- 60-75% of human body is made from water depending on your age (we dry up as we get older!)
- To calculate how many liters are in your body, take your weight in kilograms and multiply by 0.7
- 70% of our planet is covered in water 96.5% of which is our oceans and seas
- Fresh water lakes make up the other 3.5% along with water trapped in glaciers and the ice caps
- Up to 2 billion people currently suffer from water scarcity
- The average person uses 150L of water per day in the UK and 575L in the US
- The average person in Mozambique gets by on just 4L per day
- It takes 90 bathtubs of fresh water to produce 1 Kg of beef and livestock production consumes 15% of all irrigation water daily
- Both the cucumber and the lettuce contain 96% water
- 5.8 million people in the UK have fluoride artificially added to their water supply… what’s in your water?
- To manufacture one pint of beer takes 20 gallons of water
- To manufacture one can of soft drink takes 22 gallons of water
- To manufacture one pair of stone washed jeans takes 500 gallons of water
- Water exists on Mars
- Heavy-Water (deuterium oxide) ice-cubes do not float