We're running out of water!
What things can we do to defeat this drought?
Where does all our water go?
Water Usage Chart
How We Can Conserve Water
Water Distribution
Tips to Conserve Water
While washing dishes, fill the sink with water and reuse that water to wash the rest of the dishes.
Turn off the sink while brushing your teeth.
Only run the laundry when full to optimize the laundry to water ratio. Same goes for the dishwasher!
Soak pots and pans instead of letting the water run while washing them!
Match the water level on your washer to the size of your laundry load
When you drop an ice cube, instead of puttting it into the sink you can reuse it to water you plants!
Water Usage Information
Here Are Some Facts On Water Usage!
- In 2005, roughly 410,000 million gallons of water was taken out for use, every day
around 80% was withdrawn from surface water, and of that, even 82% was freshwater
The other 20% was from groundwater supplies. 96% of that water was fresh water.
the biggest amount of surface water taken was in California, to use for irrigation.
Almost 2/3 of the freshwater-groundwater that was taken in 2005 was for irrigation.
Over 1/2 of the groundwater used for irrigation was for just four states: Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas, and California.
Irrigation had the biggest use of groundwater in 25 American states.
A family approximately takes out 300 gallons a day. Of that, 30% or more is for outdoor use.
- A ten minute shower can take as much as 42 gallons of water.
Water Distibution around the world
Water Distibution Facts!
2/3 of freshwater is found underground
84% of freshwater is used for agriculture
70% of the earth's freshwater is found as ice in below freezing places
Even families of four use up to 400 gallons of water a day
About 68.7% of the freshwater on earth is frozen
97% of water is saltwater and 2% of earth's supply is unavailable, leaving only 1% of earths water usable
California withdrawals 21% of saline water
Usable water comes from precipitation that seeps into the ground and from precipitation that collects in bodies of water