The Facts About Water

[riverman444]

Here's some interesting info for you.....

http/www.ci.norman.ok.us/finance/trivia.htm

 

[GuppyDude]

Not amazed, feel kinda guilty actually.

 

[riverman444]

Only 1% of the World's water is safe to drink!!! That's nuts.

Just look at how BIG Antartica and the glacial region are....only 2% of the World's water

 

[clareriley]

Wow

 

[Synirr]

15. How much water is used to brush your teeth? 2 gallons


What the heck are you doing that would take that much water??
Geez, I just wet my toothbrush, brush, and rinse! It's called turning the faucet off while you brush, people.

 

[dreworz5]

id say i use about a quarter gallon while brushing my teeth! i get annoyed by people who leave it running. iy stupid as hell.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Oh well, it puts our fishkeeping into proportion, I suppose...

If I cut down on one shower a week, there should be no moral problem with that 63 gallon tank.
Though I seriously doubt that I use 25-50 gallons of water in the shower- there is such a thing as turning the tap off while you soap yourself.

 

[Swart Skaap]

- there is such a thing as turning the tap off while you soap yourself.

Yeah, but do u do that!?


i turn the tap off while i brush tho!

...and here in denmark the toilets have two types of flush - full flush and half flush!

 

[Dorkhedeos]

16. How much water is used on the average for an automatic dishwasher? 2 gallons

17. How much water is used on the average to hand wash dishes? 20 gallons

give me more reason to use a dishwasher



13. How much water is used to flush a toilet? 5-7 gallons

my toilet only uses 1-2 gallon a flush.



14. How much water is used in the average shower? 25-50 gallons

geez, i would rather take a bath in my 55 gallon and change the water after that



32. How many gallons of water would it take to cover one cubic mile of water? 1.1 trillion gallons

i dont get this one

 

[riverman444]

"32. How many gallons of water would it take to cover one cubic mile of water? 1.1 trillion gallons

i dont get this one"


Ya, that is a tad rhetorical, isn't it?