12. Water Trivia:
1. A dairy cow drinks
4 gallons of water to
produce 1 gallon of milk.
2. To make a loaf of bread
(from field to table)
uses 150 gallons of water.
3. To grow/produce one chicken requires
400 gallons of water.
4. To grow/produce a single orange takes 13.8 gallons of water.
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A leaky faucet with even a slow drip
wastes a LOT of water...
Do the math:
15 drips/minute
= 3 gallons water wasted/day
= 65 gallons water wasted/month
= 788 gallons water wasted/year
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“When the well is dry,
we know the worth of water.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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Water vaporizes at
212 degrees Fahrenheit,
100 degrees Celsius.
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It costs more than $3.5 billion
to operate the nation’s
water systems annually.
17. Water
Trivia: water pipes in the U.S.
1. The first
were made from fire-charred
bored logs.
2. Approximately one million miles
of pipeline and aqueducts span
the U.S. and Canada; enough to
circle the Earth 40 times.
3. More than 13 million households
use private wells for their
water supply.
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Water is the only substance on earth
found naturally in three forms:
1. Solid
2. Liquid
3. Gas
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It takes 7.5 years for the average American residence
to use the same amount of water that flows over
Niagara Falls in one second (750,000 gallons).
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If you drink your daily
recommended 8 glasses
water/day from the tap,
it will cost you about
50 cents/year.
If you choose to drink
it from water bottles,
it will cost you
approximately $1,400.
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There is more fresh water in the atmosphere
than in all of the rivers on the planet combined.
25. All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters
All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is when, going
Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water's
Monotone.
The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing
Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
To and fro.
- James Joyce
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One inch of rain falling on one acre of ground
equals 27,154 gallons and weighs 113 tons.
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Backwash water recovery basin at the
John Jones Water Treatment Plant
in Tracy, CA
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Digester gas
cogeneration hot
water circulating
pumps and piping
at the Sunnyvale
Wastewater
Treatment Plant
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Mountain House Water
Treatment Plant filter building
and low-lift pump station in
Mountain House, CA
36. 68% of the
Earth’s fresh
water is trapped
in glaciers.
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Flocculation/sedimentation basin effluent launders at the
Colorado Springs Utilities’ Mesa Water Treatment Plant
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The first municipal water filtration works
opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832.
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Booster pump station piping at the Mountain House
Water Treatment Plant in Mountain House, CA
40. Water Trivia:
1. 66% percent of the human body
is water.
2. A person can live 1 week
without water.
3. The average American pays
$0.25 for clean drinking water
each day.
4. The average 5-minute shower
uses 15-25 gallons of water.
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The world’s largest
nanofiltration plant (165 mgd)
for Miami-Dade Water and
Sewer will preserve 12 mgd of
local groundwater supplies.
42. Water
Trivia: shower uses
1. A five minute
10-25 gallons of water.
2. American residents use about
100 gallons of water per day.
3. Approximately 400 billion
gallons of water are used
in the U.S. per day.
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Carollo provided UV disinfection design services for the
Greater Cincinnati Water Works’ Richard Miller Treatment Plant.
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A Carollo engineer inspects
UV disinfection equipment at the
John Jones Water Treatment Plant
in Tracy, CA.
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Easy Ways to
Conserve
1. Check household faucets for leaks.
2. Keep showers to 5 minutes or less in length.
3. Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator.
4. Water your lawn at night or early morning
to avoid evaporation.
5. Better yet, plant a garden instead of a lawn.
6. Keep litter and other undesirable items out
of the water supply.
