A leaky toilet flapper can
lose up to 200 gallons of water a day.
Skipping 1 day of lawn
watering saves up to 2,000 gallons, or nearly 2 weeks of indoor water use
for a family of 3!
In 2008, installing
WaterSense-labeled appliances saved more than 9.3 billion gallons of water,
that's a $55 billion savings on water/utility bills.
97% of the earth’s water is
in oceans and 2% is frozen, leaving only 1% of fresh water for human
consumption.
The average American uses
between 80 and 100 gallons of water a day. During Medieval times, the
average person used only 5 gallons a day.
The overall amount of water
on our planet has remained the same for 2 billion years.