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Many homes lose more water from leaky taps
than they need for cooking and drinking.
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A faucet that leaks one drop per second will
waste 3,000 gallons of water in one year.
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the United States has about 8% of the
world's renewable freshwater supply.
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Florida has more than 7,700 freshwater lakes
and more than 8,000 miles of shoreline.
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Among all the states east of the Mississippi
River, Florida ranks first in terms of amount of water consumed in
agricultural irrigation.
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In developing countries, 80% of illnesses
are water-related.
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A 1993 outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the largest outbreak of waterborne disease in
the United States. Over 400,000 persons were affected by the disease,
more than 4,000 were hospitalized, and over 50 deaths have been
attributed to the disease.
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The Great Lakes constitute one of the
largest systems of freshwater reservoirs on earth, with 18% of the
world's fresh surface water.
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A woman's body is 50-60% water, a man's body
is 60-65% water. (Fat tissues contain virtually no water)
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An adult's body contains about 40 quarts of
water (10 gallons).
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The human body loses between 2 and 3 quarts
of water everyday from perspiration and normal elimination
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About 83% of our blood is water. It helps
digest our food, take in oxygen, transport body wastes, and control body
temperature.
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Typically less than 1% of all water treated
for drinking is actually consumed by people. 99% of all water treated
for drinking is used for things like showers, lawn sprinkling, to flush
toilets, etc.
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A full grown tree emits 70 gallons of water
into the atmosphere every day.
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Estimates vary, but each person uses about
80-100 gallons of water per day at home.
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In the U.S. in 1995 about 44,400 wastewater
treatment plants sent about 44,600 million gallons per day of treated
water back into the environment. About 983 million gallons per day was
used again (reclaimed) after treatment, mainly as irrigation water.
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Florida law requires that toilets used in
new construction can use no more than 3.5 gallons of water per flush.
Most traditional fixtures use 5 gallons per flush.
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Florida law limits shower fixtures installed
in new construction to 3 gallons of water per minute. Most existing
fixtures use 4.7 gallons per minute.
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In Florida we use twice the amount of water
in Lake Okeechobee each year.
