How much Water is there?

'Before the dawn of civilization, there were 326 million trillion gallons of water on the Earth. Unlike other natural resources, we cannot run out of water. With over 6 million people, we still have 326 million trillion gallons of water." GOOD magazine, Summer 2009

" If all Earth's water fit in a gallon jug, available freshwater would equal just over a tablespoon - less than half of 1 percent of the total. About 97 percent of the planet's water is seawater; another 2 percent is locked in icecaps and glaciers. Vast reserves of freshwater lie under the Earth's surface, but much of it is too deep to economically tap" - National Geographic Special Edition: Water -The Chaos of Supply, November 1993

It takes water to produce the things we EAT

• 1 lb of beef uses 1857 gallons of water
• 1 apple requires 18 gallons of water
• 1 glass of beer uses 20 gallons of water
• 1 slice of wheat bread uses 11 gallons of water
• 1 lb of cheese uses 599 gallons of water
• 1 lb of Chicken uses 467 gallons of water
• A cup of coffee uses 37 gallons of water
• One glass of wine uses 32 gallons of water
• One egg uses 53 gallons of water
• One hamburger uses 634 gallons of water
• 1 cup of milk uses 62 gallons of water
• 1 orange uses 13 gallons of water
• 1 lb of pork uses 575 gallons of water
• A bag of potato chips uses 49 gallons of water
• A lb of rice uses 407 gallons of water
• 1 lb of soybeans uses 216 gallons of water
• A cup of tea uses 8 gallons of water