Reporter DANIELLE NOHRA has compiled some interesting facts about water, which might surprise you…
- 68.7 per cent of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in glaciers.
- 75 per cent of people are chronically dehydrated.
- 95 per cent of a tomato is water.
- A 30g slice of bread is about 40 per cent water.
- A child dies every 15 seconds from water-related diseases.
- A two per cent drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
- A person can live weeks without food but only days without water.
- A tap that drips once every second wastes 30 litres of water daily.
- About 25,700 litres of water is required to grow a day’s food for a family of four.
- Agriculture accounts for over 80 per cent of world water consumption.
- Americans use five times the amount of water than Europeans.
- Around 80 per cent of the Australian population lives on or near the coast.
- At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease.
- Australia is the highest user of water per person in the world, despite being the driest inhabited continent.
- Australia is the world’s driest inhabited continent and 70 per cent of the land is arid.
- Baths use less water than a typical shower. Soaking in a partially filled tub will use less water than a short shower.
- It takes 450 litres of water to produce one egg.
- It takes 5000 litres of water to produce a kilo of rice.
- The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.
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