WATER

DO YOU KNOW…????
How long can humans live without
water?
We can live 30+ days without food,
but only 4-7 days without water

How much of the human body is

made of water?

• The human body is about 60% water

How much water should humans

drink each day?

• We must drink at least 6-8 glasses of

water each day
 THE VALUE OF DRINKING WATER
In the U.S., drinking water from your
faucet costs….

….less than about one cent per gallon

Bottled water costs…

….about $1.20 per gallon

Lemonade costs…

….about $3.40 per gallon

Soda costs…

….about $3.79 per gallon

THE VALUE OF DRINKING WATER
VS. OTHER FLUIDS

12,000%
HOW WATER WORKS: FROM
SOURCE TO YOU
 HOW WATER WORKS: FROM
SOURCE
1a and 1b in this picture
TO YOU
shows water at its
source. In this case the
sources include a
reservoir and a river
2 shows the water
treatment plant where
the source water is
cleaned
The red arrow shows
water moving from its
source to the treatment
plant for cleaning
 HOW WATER WORKS: FROM
SOURCE TO YOU
Item 3 shows you an
elevated tank.
The elevated tank stores
clean drinking water that
comes from the treatment
plant shown in 2
In 4, you see large pipes
called distribution mains.
Distribution mains carry
water from the treatment
plant or storage tank to
service lines. They also
provide water to hydrants
for fire protection.
 HOW WATER WORKS: FROM
SOURCE TO YOU
In the previous slide, we
talked about pipes
called distribution mains.
Item 4 illustrates a
distribution main.
Distribution mains
connect to service lines
as shown in item 5.
Service lines carry clean
water to the plumbing in
a building.
Once the water is in a
building’s plumbing
system, you just turn on
the faucet to drink it!
 WHERE DOES OUR
WATER COME FROM?
HOW MUCH FRESH WATER DO WE
HAVE ON EARTH?
 97% IS SALT WATER,
2% IS POLAR ICECAPS
FRESH DRINKING WATER FOR ALL LIVING CREATURES
• We are
drinking the
same water as
the
dinosaurs!!
•HOW???
NATURE RECYCLES WATER THROUGH
THE WATER CYCLE.

NATURE ALSO CLEANS WATER

THROUGH WETLANDS AND THROUGH
THE SOIL AND ROCKS
WETLANDS
WATER BEING CLEANED THROUGH THE SAND
AND ROCKS AND STORED IN AQUIFERS
 IN OUR RESEARCH WE DISCOVERED
THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR LARGE
CITIES TO HAVE WATER STRESS
 WATER CRISIS
FOR BIG CITIES AROUND THE WORLD
 MIAMI, NORTH AMERICA
FILLED IN A NATURAL WETLAND, DISRUPTED
THE AQUIFER AND IT NOW HAS SALT WATER IN
IT.
 MEXICO CITY, NORTH AMERICA
IS SINKING AS THEIR DAMS DRY UP.
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
WAS AFFECTED BY
A SEVERE
DROUGHT
AND WATER
POLLUTION
 LONDON, GREAT BRITIAN
CLIMATE CHANGE
A GROWING POPULATION, LESS RAINFALL,
WATER WASTAGE
 ISTANBUL, TURKEY
WATER CRISIS, SEVERE DROUGHT AND
GROWING POPULATION
 CARIO, EGYPT
WATER POLLUTION OF THE NILE
THEIR MAIN WATER SOURCE
 MOSCOW, RUSSIA
THEIR WATER SUPPLY IS VERY POLLUTED
 BANGALORE, INDIA
OLD PIPES AND PLUMBING FITTINGS,
WATER WASTAGE AND POLLUTTION
 BEIJING, CHINIA
THE MOST POPULATED CITY IN THE WORLD
WITH SEVERE WATER POLLUTION
 TOKYO, JAPAN
A SMALL
COUNTRY WITH A
LARGE
POPULATION
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
HOW DID WE AVOID
DAY ZERO?
THE COMMUNITY SAVED GREY WATER, SAVED
FRESH WATER BY ONLY USING 50L PER PERSON
A DAY
WE NEED TO
BE
CONTINUALL
Y AWARE OF
SAVING
WATER AND
KEEPING IT
CLEAN>