Water Information

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1. It takes 40,000 gallons of water (150,000 liters) to make one ton of steel.
2. It takes 150 gallons of water (570 liters) to make just one copy of a Sunday newspaper.
3. Oil companies use about six gallons of water for every one gallon of gasoline they produce.
4. It takes about 770 gallons of water to refine one 43 gallon barrel of petroleum.
5. It takes 75,000 gallons of water to produce a ton of high grade paper.
6. It takes 600,000 gallons of water to produce a ton of synthetic rubber.
7. It takes 44,000 gallons of water to produce the steel in one car.
8. It takes 1,000 gallons of water to produce a ton of sugar.
9. The American automobile industry uses 400 billion gallons of water to produce 5 million cars each year.
10. The consumption of water nationwide is 2,000 gallons per person per day, including industrial use.
11. It is recommended that an adult consume 183 to 274 gallons of water per year.
12. An average family of four uses about 240 gallons of water per day or a total of 88,000 gallons of water per year.