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Do you know where your water comes from?
Many of us take for granted the fact that when we turn our faucets on, clean and safe drinking water comes out. We don't worry about where it comes from unless theres a problem with the taste, oder or appearence. Protecting drinking water starts at the source.
Do you know where yours comes from? For local drinking water information click here.
Do you know where yours comes from? For local drinking water information click here.
Drinking water facts:
- 97% of the water on earth is in the oceans
- Only 3% of the water on earth is freshwater
- About 2.4% of the water on earth is permanently frozen in glaciers and at the polar ice caps
- About 1/2 of 1 % of the water on earth is groundwater
- Only about 1/100 of 1% of the water on earth is in the rivers and lakes
- It takes 39,090 gallons of water to make a new car, including the tires
- Over 17,000,000 houses use private wells for their drinking water supply
- A person can live about a month without food, but can live only about 1 week without water
