Water Usage Interesting Facts

1. The average toilet uses 19 to 26 litres of water per flush.

2. A shower can use 19 litres of water per minute.

3. 38 litres of water are needed to refine 1 litre of petrol.

4. An egg is about 74 percent water.

5. A watermelon is about 92 percent water.

6. The water we use today is the same water the dinosaurs used.

7. The Earth's oceans cover about 140,500,000 square miles and
contain almost 330,000,000 cubic miles of water.

8. Fresh, incompact snow is usually 90-95 percent trapped air.

9. Humans require about 2.5 litres of water a day.

10.More than 1.5 billion people do not have access to a safe
and adequate water supply.

11.80% of the surface of the earth is water but only 3% is
fresh water!