Water Wizard Trivia......Did you know?

An adequate daily intake of water will:
Keep your kidneys and liver functioning well.
Replace fluid loss and detoxify your system.
Help your body metabolize fats for more energy and
assist in weight control.

How much water must a person consume per day to maintain health?
2.5 quarts from all sources (i.e, water, food)

What were the first water pipes made from in the US?
Fire charred bored logs. In North Little Rock they still have some pipes made of logs that have been abandoned.

How much water does the average residence use during a year?
107,000 gallons

How much water does an individual use daily?
50 gallons

What does it cost to operate the water systems throughout the country annually?
Over $3.5 billion dollars.

How many gallons of water would it take to cover one square mile with one foot of water?
219 million gallons

How many gallons of water do you get per acre, when it rains one inch?
27,000 gallons per acre

Does water regulate the earth's temperature?
Yes, it is an insulator

How long can a person live without food?
More than a month

How long can a person live without water?
Approximately one week, depending upon conditions

How many gallons of water does it take to grow and prepare food for a typical Thanksgiving dinner?
Over 42,000 gallons of water (enough to fill a 30x50 foot swimming pool)

Other known water facts from the Water Wizard

• A hot water faucet that leaks 60 drops per minute can waste 192 gallons of water and 48 kilowatt hours
  of electricity per month.

• "Water" was the first word that Helen Keller learned. "Water" was the last word spoken by President
  Ulysses S. Grant.

• Did you know when ground water is contaminated it may remain that way for several thousand years.

• In some deserts, rain is so uncommon that the natives do not have a word for it.

• In one glass of water, there are about 8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (8 septillion water molecules).

• The average person in the United States uses 80 to 100 gallons of water each day. During medieval times
  a person used only 5 gallons per day.

• Ancient Egyptians treated water by siphoning water out of the top of huge jars after allowing
  the muddy water from the Nile River to settle.

• Hippocrates, known as the father of medicine, directed people in Greece to boil and
  strain water before drinking it.

• In the 1950’s scientists began to suspect that water might carry diseases. Although earlier
  treatment of water could make the water safer, it was mainly done to improve the
  taste, smell or look of the water.

• The first United States water plant with filters was built in 1872 in Poughkeepsie, NY.

• In Altona, Germany in 1892, the water from the Elbe River was filtered before drinking. At the time,
  hundreds of people from nearby Hamburg (which did not filter their water) died from cholera.
  The citizens of Altona were untouched by this waterborne disease.

• In 1908, Jersey City, NJ and Chicago, IL were the first water supplies to be
  chlorinated in the United States.

• The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974 represents the first time that public drinking
  water supplies were protected on a federal (national) level in the United States. Amendments
  were made to the SDWA in 1986 and 1996.

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