No more fresh water?
By Cameron,Negeen,Erica,Audrey
Water Usage
People use 410,000 million gallons of water per day in the United States. In daily life, 16.8% of water is used in showers. Also 26.7% of water is used for using the restroom. California withdrawls about 20,000 to 46,000 million gallons per day. Three-fourths of the freshwater is withdrawn in California for irrigation.
Water distribution
There is 96.5% of salt water making up our Earth's water. There is less fresh water than slt water; only 68.7% of our fresh water make up our Earth's water. There is even less fresh groundwater than both salt and fresh water; there is only 30.1% of fresh groundwater. People receive there water from water sources like lakes and rivers.
Water Conservation
There are many ways to help save earth's water like:
Take 5 minute showers it will save up more than 1,000 gallons
Don't take baths they use up to 70 gallons of water
Turn off faucet while brushing your teeth it saves up 400 gallons a week for a week
Run your washer and dishwasher only when full
Don't overfill your pool
- Use one cup for water so you don't have to wash so many cups