Shocking facts about water
From the clear water, going from the tap to the flow, many people think it is available in unlimited quantities. This is a huge misconception!
It's hard to face the truth! If you do decide to read the facts below, you may be thinking about it!
I illustrated this post with my own original photos that showcase the wonder and beauty of water. We have a lot to lose if we don’t take care of it!
The total water supply of the Earth is about 1.4 billion km3, which is 0.02% of the total mass of the Earth. Oceans and seas make up more than 97% of the estimated water resources. Due to their high salinity, they are not directly suitable for drinking or industrial water use, not even for agricultural purposes.
The amount of fresh water is only 3% of the Earth’s water supply, a significant portion (about 80%) of which is in the Arctic ice sheet, so the truly available fresh water supply is only 0.5% of the Earth’s total water supply. This is very small, so we have to estimate every drop of fresh water.
A small part of the usable fresh water is present in the atmosphere in the form of clouds, fog, water vapor. Another, and at the same time most of it is located below the surface (groundwater) and as surface water lakes, rivers, etc. occurs in the form of. In parts of the world where there is not enough fresh water, desalinated seawater is used for drinking and cooking.
The amount of water on Earth is a constant value, constantly circulating and reusing over time. This way you can be sure that the water you are just pouring into your glass was also part of the dinosaur era.
Water is the only substance that occurs in nature in three types: liquid, gas, and solid.
1 liter of 4 degrees Celsius distilled water weighs 1 kilogram.
The density of water is maximum at 4 ° C and 998.2 kg / m³ at 20 ° C.
If a cigarette butt is dropped on dry ground, it will contaminate 1 cubic meter of groundwater. If this cigarette butt is thrown into water, the amount of water destroyed is five times that.
At the beginning of the 2000s, bottling was still a $ 20-30 billion business, jumping to $ 170 billion by 2014, and a research predicts that by 2020, about $ 280 billion could be traded globally in a business that is not only polluting and wasteful at first glance. but it also seems completely unnecessary.
More than 1.5 billion people do not have access to clean, healthy water on Earth. About 4 million people die each year from water-borne disease.
Central African women spend an average of 16 hours a week collecting water.
An average U.S. citizen uses about 500 liters of water a day.
Recommended daily water consumption per person per day: 50 liters.
Nearly 1 billion people use less than 4 liters of water a day.
In an average toilet, about 8 liters of water flows out after each use.
Nearly 11,000 liters of water are needed to produce 500g of coffee.
300 liters of water are needed to produce an average daily newspaper.
