Important Facts about Water

• Fresh water are stored is mostly found underground then on the surface of the earth.

• United States uses around 346,000 million gallons of water each day.

• 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.

• 75 percent of a tree is water.

• When a person starts feeling thirsty, his or her body lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.

• The weight a person loses after exercising is weight  from water, not fat.

• About 1 billion people on earth do not have access to safe and clean drinking water.

• More than five million people die from water related diseases every year, this is because they usually do not drink fresh and clean water.

• Over 5,000 children die every day due to dirty water and poor hygiene.

• 70 percent of the world’s resources are needed for food production.

• Water related diseases kill one child every 15 seconds.

• 80 percent of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from water borne diseases.

Click on the video below to get more information on why people get diseases and die from water.

Done by: Sahla Al Zaai

Resources:

http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html