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December 18, 2003
By: Tyler Baggs
Website: http://www.water-purification-filters.com
A review of current drinking water trends and issues from the American Water Works Association
Established in 1881, AWWA
represents more than 56,000 members in the municipal water
industry worldwide. The following is a list of interesting water
factoids from AWWA:
-- Of all the earth's water, 97 percent is salt water found in oceans and seas.
-- Only 1 percent of the earth's water is available for drinking water. Two percent is currently frozen.
-- About two thirds of the human body is water. Some parts of the body contain more water than others. For example, 70 percent of your skin is water.
-- There are more than 56,000 community water systems providing water to the public in the United States.
-- There are approximately 1 million miles of pipelines and aqueducts that carry water in the United States and Canada. That's enough to circle the earth 40 times.
-- Typically, households consume at least 50 percent of their water by lawn watering. Inside, toilets use the most water, with an average of 27 gallons per person per day.
-- You can survive about a month without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water.
-- Each person uses about 100 gallons of water a day at home.
-- The average five-minute shower takes between 15 to 25 gallons of water.
-- You can refill an 8 oz glass of water approximately 15,000 times for the same cost as a six-pack of soda.
-- An automatic dishwasher uses approximately 9 to 12 gallons of water while hand washing dishes can use up to 20 gallons.
-- 300 million gallons of water are needed to produce a single day's supply of U.S. newsprint.
-- A person should consume 2 1/2 quarts of water per day (from all sources of water, food, etc.) to maintain health.
-- Drinking Water Security in America After 9/11 report released
According to a new report issued last week by the American Water Works Association, (AWWA) America's water utilities' immense focus on homeland security since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 has resulted in an unprecedented mobilization of effort and resources to protect America's water supply.
The new report, Drinking Water Security in America After 9/11, identifies the extensive new security measures water utilities have undertaken since 9/11. It also describes the new culture of security that water utilities now operate under and the challenges they still face in protecting the nation's water supplies from terrorism. For a copy of the full report, go to
http://www.awwa.org/advocacy/Water Security in America Final.pdf
-- How do consumers know their water is safe? --
In these times of increasing security concerns and a rapidly growing bottled water market, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) concludes National Drinking Water Week by providing consumers with tips on how to determine if their drinking water is safe. Americans drink more than 1 billion glasses of tap water per day, and finding information on the safety of this water is easier than consumers may think.
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Author Notes:
Tyler Baggs contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.water-purification-filters.com.
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