Interesting Facts about Water
I doubt it’s very often you sit down with a beer and discuss with your mates how interesting water is! However, you’ll be amazed at how many facts are out there that will have your mates thinking you’re some kind of water expert.
Here are 10 facts that should raise a few eyebrows on your next social get together!:-
Turning off the tap when you clean your teeth can save around 8 litres of water a minute
One dripping tap can use at least 5,500 litres of water a year. Mending the tap washer could save you about £18 a year.
Trees are about 75% water.
About a third of all the clean, drinkable water you use in your home is used to flush the toilets.
A bath can use up to 100 litres, a shower uses about a third of this. However, modern power showers can use more water than a bath if you shower for more than 5 minutes.
Many people in the world exist on 10 litres of water or less. Some UK toilets can use that in one flush of the toilet
A cubic metre of water weighs a tonne. That’s about the same as a small car.
A garden hose or sprinkler can use almost as much water in an hour as an average family of four uses in one day.
UK water companies collect, treat and pump almost 18 billion litres of water every day, nearly a quarter of which goes down the toilet
Overall, only 3% of the water entering the average home is actually used as ‘drinking’ water.
If you’re fan of facts then you may also be interested in our blog below. It highlights amazing facts about our oceans!
