Just Vital Oxygen-But With More H
All living things rely on H2O, so conservation is vital!
A project to inform others about water, by David Parada, Cole Sun, Zacharia Beshir, and Arian Tohidi
Water Usage
You can't blame us- we need it. Every time we flush the toilet, it uses 1.6 gallons of water! That's about 8 gallons of water daily. Low-flow showerheads use approximately 2-2.5 gallons a minute, but conventional showerheads can use up about 4 gallons. The average shower lasts about 8.2 minutes, so the average low-flow shower uses about 20 gallons.
California's in a huge drought. But they still use a lot of water- about 360-400 gallons per household. Their water is 50% for environmental use, 40% agricultural use, and 10% urban or residential use.
Water Distribution
A whopping 97.5% of our water is saltwater, leaving only 2.5% of our water fresh. 2.2% of our water is locked away in ice, leaving only 0.3% of our water to be usable liquid water.
99% of our saltwater is in the ocean. Not too surprising. The small remaining percentage is in lakes and in the ground.
Most of our freshwater, 69.6% to be exact, lies in ice, snow, and permafrost. Some 30.147% is in our groundwater and soil moisture. Rivers, lakes, and swamps make up little of our fresh water. Combined, they add up to about 0.3% of our water, the liquid surface water. The rest of our water is water vapor in our atmosphere.