The Facts About New York’s Water Usage

New York consumes almost 1 billion gallons of water per day…

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New York State loses 45 billion gallons of water per day to evaporation.

Water is essential for all life on our fragile blue-green planet, and without water nothing can survive. Only 2.5% of the world’s water is fresh & drinkable, and only 1% of the freshwater is accessible. It is our responsibility to reduce our own water wastage and preserve every last precious drop.

New York City uses nearly 1 billion gallons of water per day – view all of the facts below…

World Water Facts

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• People in Africa and Asia have to walk an average of 3.7 miles (6 km) to collect water
• Nearly 700 million Chinese people drink contaminated water
• 20% of the world’s unfrozen fresh water is in a single lake: Russia’s Lake Baikal.
• Only 1% of the world’s water is drinkable
• Globally, at least 1.8 billion people use a drinking-water source contaminated with faeces
• By 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas
• 2.6 billion people have gained access to an improved drinking-water source since 1990
• In 2015, 91 percent of the world’s population had access to an improved drinking-water source
• At least 10 percent of the world’s population is thought to consume food irrigated by waste water
• Two out of five people without access to an improved drinking water source live in Africa
• By 2025 water scarcity is expected to affect more than 1.8 billion people—hurting agricultural workers and poor farmers the most

• In Peru, there’s a billboard that creates drinkable water out of thin air.
• Your bones are composed of 31% water.
• Water itself does not conduct electricity well, but the impurities found in water do.
• Cold water is heavier than hot water.
• There is a water reservoir floating in space that is equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean.
• Water is light turquoise blue due to the weak absorption in the red part of the visible spectrum.
• Hot water can freeze faster than cold water, in some circumstances
• The expiration date on water bottles is for the bottle, not the water.
• The boiling point of water at the top of Mt. Everest is 71 °C (160 °F).
• In 2013, two physicist managed to “tie” water into knots.
• The number of H2O molecules in 10 drops of water are equal to the number of all the stars in the universe.

• Worldwide flood damage amounted to over US$50 billion in 2013 and is increasing (Guha-Sapir et al.,2014).
• The impacts of climate change are expected to lead to substantial unemployment across the global economy through employment cuts, and may amount to a reduction of 2% of jobs by 2020 (Jochem et al., 2009)
• The vast majority of electricity production is either very dependent on cooling water or is generated as hydroelectricity by using water
• In essence, this means that 78% of the jobs constituting the global workforce are water dependent.
• In the USA, investments in sustainable water practices are estimated to generate: between 10 and 15 direct, indirect and induced jobs per US$1 million invested in alternative water supplies (Pacific Institute, 2013).
• According to the World Bank, GDP growth in subSaharan Africa averaged 4.5% in 2014, up from 4.2% in 2013 (Figure 6.1)
• African agriculture is mostly based on rainfed farming and less than 10% of its cultivated land is irrigated (World Bank, n.d.a)
• In 2015, 91 percent of the world’s population had access to an improved drinking-water source
• Currently, the most important water-dependent sector in Africa is agriculture, which forms the bedrock of most economies of African states.

• 884 million people in the world lack access to safe water supplies
• More than 840,000 people die each year from water-related disease
• Almost 2 in 3 people who need safe drinking water survive on less than $2 a day.
• In many developing countries, millions of women spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources
• Every minute a child dies of a water-related disease
• Diarrhea caused by inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally, or approximately 2,300 people per day.
• More than 1/2 of all primary schools in developing countries don’t have adequate water facilities and nearly 2/3 lack adequate sanitation.
• Clean water is one aspect of improving sustainable food production in order to reduce poverty and hunger
• More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas
• By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world’s population could be living under water stressed conditions

• A child dies of waterborne diseases every 15 seconds
• 80% of all illness in the developing world comes from waterborne diseases
• 3.4 million people die each year from water-related causes.
• Your bones are composed of 31% water.
• In the Middle Ages BEER was consumed more than water as the alcohol made it safer.
• Approximately 75% of human feces is made of water
• Drinking too much water can cause a water intoxication
• 80% of all illness in the developing world comes from water born diseases
• Almost 4 million people die each year from water related diseases.
• 90% of wastewater in developing countries is discharged into rivers or streams without any treatment
• About 1.8 million child deaths a year are due to diarrhea
• About half the world’s hospital beds are occupied by someone with a water related illness

• A child dies of waterborne diseases every 15 seconds
• 80% of all illness in the developing world comes from waterborne diseases
• 3.4 million people die each year from water-related causes.
• Your bones are composed of 31% water.
• In the Middle Ages BEER was consumed more than water as the alcohol made it safer.
• Approximately 75% of human feces is made of water
• Drinking too much water can cause a water intoxication
• 80% of all illness in the developing world comes from water born diseases
• Almost 4 million people die each year from water related diseases.
• 90% of wastewater in developing countries is discharged into rivers or streams without any treatment
• About 1.8 million child deaths a year are due to diarrhea
• About half the world’s hospital beds are occupied by someone with a water related illness

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