With so much being said about the draught that is gripping so much of the West, I thought these facts that I ran across* might be of interest. Enjoy!
• 55% - 78% - Percentage of the human body that is made up of Water
• Gallons of water it takes to grow:
o Tomato 3.3 gal.
o Head of Broccoli 5.4 gal.
o One Slice of Bread 10 gal.
o One glass of cow’s milk 30 gal.
o One glass of soy milk 9 gal.
o One cup of coffee 37 gal.
o One Hamburger 634 gal.
• 70% - The amount of the world’s fresh water used for agriculture
o 90% - Amount in California
• 1,320 – Gallons of water that go into producing a daily average American Diet
• 39 Trillion Gallons – Amount of water Lake Tahoe holds.
o Enough to cover the state of California to a depth of 14.5”
• 30 Billion – Number of disposable water bottles sold in the US each year
• The #1 Use of water by American individuals – Flushing the toilet\
• 780 Million – The number of people in the world without access to clean water
• 18,811 – The number of Nevada residents who rely on contaminated groundwater
o 21 Million – The number of California residents who rely on contaminated groundwater
• 100% of Truckee’s water comes from groundwater (from 1,000-foot wells).
o The water is about 500 years old
• Most – of Reno-Sparks’ water comes from surface water (mostly from the Truckee River).
o The water is about 1 day old.
• Half a Millennium – The last time California was this dry.
*Source: Article written by Elizabeth Limbach in edible RENO-TAHOE magazine spring issue.
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