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No, this article is not funny. Around the world people are not only concerned with matters of economic globalization, but also global warming and climate change. We had people go nuts over gold black (oil), but now the children themselves are increasingly worried about Blue Gold (drinking water).
Since the human body can not for days without solid food, but survive without water, two 58 days (severe dehydration), pressing the solutions are needed toto produce sufficient quantities of drinking water in a sustainable manner. Already we are faced with 1.6 million deaths a year because of thirst, something many of us in guilt for granted. Not only that, up to 1.6 billion people, one sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water at all. We live in the 21st Century, or what?
The main objective of this article is to address the problem of water scarcity (as above), and even raise foster a greater sense ofAssessing the availability of freshwater among readers. To do this, I have the following 20 interesting facts about water. I'm sure you can find out more, but do not pass through it and as a mini-test of your knowledge.
A) H2O is the chemical symbol for water. Each water molecule consists of two atoms of hydrogen (H) are joined to one oxygen atom (O).
2) Since water is a renewable resource and available at all timesby solar energy, so that they evaporate from the oceans and the land redistribution before the world.
3) Water is the only substance found naturally on Earth in three forms: liquid, gaseous and solid. Frozen water is 9% lighter than the liquid form and, therefore, ice floats on water.
4) morethan 70% of the land surface is covered with water. Of this 97% water in the oceans, making it salty and undrinkable. The remaining 3% of fresh water.Only 0.3% is in lakes and rivers. The rest is frozen.
5) The three largest water use by agriculture (67%), industry (19%) and urban / residential (9%).
6) Over 100 years have spent a sea water molecule of 98 years in 20 months as ice, about two weeks in lakes and rivers, and less than a week into the atmosphere.
7) The most polluted rivers in Asia are in the world with a three timesmany bacteria in human waste than the global average and 20 times more lead rivers in industrialized countries.
8) Two thirds of the human body is water. human bones are 25% water.
9) People can go a month without food, but the water to die after a week without.
10) the water leaves the human body five minutes after eating, when steam, sweat, breathe out, or going for a loss.
11)World Health Organization estimates that a person needs 19 liters of water for their daily needs including drinking water meet, showers and cleaning.
12) water makes 75% of chicken and 80% of an elephant.
The average front-loading washing machines use 80 liters, and top-loading machines use 13), 170 liters of water per load.
14) a cup of washing under the tap uses about a liter of water.
15)More than nine liters of water is used to flush the toilet. You save about four liters, if you use a wire and a half.
16) To produce a fast food lunch, a hamburger, fries and a soft drink, around 6,800 liters of water needed. Water is for growth of potatoes, grain and forage for the sandwich, and the production of the drink.
17) in the UK environment, one drop per second wastes 1,200 gallons of water after a Year. It is about three liters per day or 90 liters, when breaks drip into a stream.
18) water can be said as an egg is fresh. A good egg will sink and not a stale.
Trunk of an elephant can hold) 19 11 liters of water.
20) A fully grown tree, m is about 20 m high with 600,000 leaves and a crown diameter of 12 evaporation will produce about 400 liters of water per day.
So if one of these> I am happy to clean water, take a moment to reflect on how the consumption of this precious resource and because you are lucky to have the perfect drinking water is always available.
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