16 astonishing, sobering, and hopeful water facts.
Humans need five to 13 gallons of clean water a day for basic needs.
60 percent of the world’s fresh water comes from rivers shared by at least two countries.
Desalination plants produce less than 0.5 percent of the water used in the world.
90 percent of the ice on Earth is in the Antarctic.
Lake Mead, Nev., has a $1 billion a year tourism and recreation industry. There’s a 50-50 chance the lake will be dry by 2050.
Water managers in 36 states expect shortages by 2013.
One quart of used motor oil can contaminate 250,000 gallons of water.
Putting water in plastic bottles and shipping it just 125 miles uses 1,100 times more energy than producing tap water.
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