http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html ========================================= 20 Interesting and Useful Water Facts 1. Roughly 70 percent of an adult s body is made up of water. 2.

At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant s body we ight. 3. A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day. 4. Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and c auses an imbalance of water in the brain. 5. Water intoxication is most likely to occur during periods of intense athle tic performance. 6. While the daily recommended amount of water is eight cups per day, not all of this water must be consumed in the liquid form. Nearly every food or drink i tem provides some water to the body. 7. Soft drinks, coffee, and tea, while made up almost entirely of water, also contain caffeine. Caffeine can act as a mild diuretic, preventing water from tr aveling to necessary locations in the body. 8. Pure water (solely hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither acidic nor basic. 9. Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels , water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it. 10. Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth s surface is covered with w ater. 11. Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the e arth s surface. 12. The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that it rare ly loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on the earth million s of years ago is still present today. 13. The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water. 14. Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in groundwater aquifers, riv ers, and freshwater lakes. 15. The United States uses about 346,000 million gallons of fresh water every day. 16. The United States uses nearly 80 percent of its water for irrigation and t hermoelectric power. 17. The average person in the United States uses anywhere from 80-100 gallons of water per day. Flushing the toilet actually takes up the largest amount of th is water. 18. Approximately 85 percent of U.S. residents receive their water from public water facilities. The remaining 15 percent supply their own water from private wells or other sources. 19. By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percen t of its total water amount. 20. The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weig ht from water, not fat. --------------------------20 Fakta Menarik dan Berguna Air 1. Sekitar 70 persen dari tubuh orang dewasa terdiri dari air. 2. Saat lahir rekening air, sekitar 80 persen dari berat badan bayi.

3. Seseorang yang sehat bisa minum sekitar tiga galon (48 cangkir) air per ha ri. 4. Air minum terlalu banyak dan terlalu cepat dapat menyebabkan keracunan air . Air keracunan terjadi ketika air melemahkan tingkat natrium dalam aliran darah dan menyebabkan ketidakseimbangan air di otak. 5. keracunan Air kemungkinan besar terjadi selama periode kinerja atletik int ens. 6. Sementara jumlah yang disarankan harian air delapan gelas per hari, tidak semua air ini harus dikonsumsi dalam bentuk cair. Hampir setiap makanan atau min uman item menyediakan air untuk tubuh. 7. Minuman ringan, kopi, dan teh, sementara hampir seluruhnya terdiri atas ai r, juga mengandung kafein. Kafein dapat bertindak sebagai diuretik ringan, mence gah air dari perjalanan ke lokasi yang diperlukan di dalam tubuh. 8. Air murni (semata-mata hidrogen dan atom oksigen) memiliki pH netral 7, ya ng tidak asam atau dasar. 9. Air melarutkan zat lebih dari cairan lain. Di mana pun ia bergerak, air me mbawa bahan kimia, mineral, dan nutrisi dengan itu. 10. Di suatu tempat antara 70 dan 75 persen dari permukaan bumi tertutup air. 11. Jauh lebih air tawar tersimpan di bawah tanah pada akuifer daripada di per mukaan bumi. 12. Bumi adalah sistem tertutup, mirip dengan terarium, artinya jarang kehilan gan atau bahan tambahan keuntungan. Air yang sama yang ada di bumi jutaan tahun yang lalu masih ada hari ini. 13. Jumlah total air di bumi adalah sekitar 326.000.000 mil kubik air. 14. Dari semua air di bumi, manusia dapat digunakan hanya sekitar tiga persepu luh persen air ini. air dapat digunakan seperti ini ditemukan pada akuifer air t anah, sungai, dan danau air tawar. 15. Amerika Serikat menggunakan sekitar 346.000 juta galon air segar setiap ha ri. 16. Amerika Serikat menggunakan hampir 80 persen air untuk irigasi dan listrik thermoelectric. 17. Rata-rata orang di Amerika Serikat menggunakan manapun 8-10 galon air per hari. Flushing toilet benar-benar memakan jumlah terbesar air ini. 18. Sekitar 85 persen penduduk AS menerima air dari sarana air umum. Sisa 15 p ersen pasokan air mereka sendiri dari sumur pribadi atau sumber lain. 19. Pada saat seseorang merasa haus, tubuh nya telah kehilangan lebih dari 1 p ersen dari jumlah total air. 20. berat seseorang kehilangan langsung setelah aktivitas fisik intens adalah berat dari air, bukan lemak.