Water can change everything

1. WATER FACTS:
• Water is the most common substance found on earth.
• Water is the only substance found naturally in three forms: solid, liquid, and gas.
• Eighty percent of the earth's surface is water.
• Ninety-seven percent of the earth's water is saltwater in oceans and seas. Of the 3% that is freshwater, only 1% is available for drinking - the remaining 2% is frozen in the polar ice caps.
• Water serves as nature's thermometer, helping to regulate the earth's temperature.
• Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celsius.
• Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celsius.
• Once evaporated, a water molecule spends ten days in the air.
• Forty trillion gallons of water a day are carried in the atmosphere across the United States.
• An acre of corn gives off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation.
• Forty percent of the atmosphere's moisture falls as precipitation each day.
• One gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds; one cubic foot contains 7.84 gallons of water.
• People need about 2.5 quarts of water a day to maintain good health. A person can live without water for approximately one week, depending upon the conditions.
• While usage varies from community to community and person to person, on average, Americans use 183 gallons of water a day for cooking, washing, flushing, and watering purposes. The average family turns on the tap between 70 and 100 times daily.
• About 4,000 gallons of water are needed to grow one bushel of corn, 11,000 gallons to grow one bushel of wheat, and about 135,000 gallons to grow one ton of alfalfa.
• It takes about 1,000 gallons of water to grow the wheat to make a two pound loaf of bread, and about 120 gallons to produce one egg.
• About 1,400 gallons of water are used to produce a meal of a quarter- pound hamburger, an order of fries and a soft drink.
• It takes 39,000 gallons of water to produce the average domestic auto, including tires.
• Producing an average-size Sunday newspaper requires about 150 gallons of water.
• Water makes up almost two-thirds of the human body, and seventy percent of the brain.
• Four hundred gallons of water are recycled through our kidney each day.
• collected from  http://www.mamashealth.com/water/waterfacts.asp
2. POWER OF WATER:

• More then one million people do not have water to use.
• Unsafe drinking water and poor sanitation are two problems of a lot of people in many parts of the world. Because of these, people can face with serious diseases, such as cholera and debilitating diarrhoea. And the result is they may not work, go to school or look after their families