Did you Know...?

• An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a slum-dweller in a developing country uses for an entire day.

• Over 2.5 times more people lack water than live in the United States.

• The average American uses approximately 105 gallons of water per day.

• An old toilet uses at least 2.37 gallons of water a flush; a low-flush model uses as little as .75 gallons.

• Approximately 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.

• If you drink your daily recommended 8 glasses of water per day from the tap, it will only cost you about 50 cents per year.

• It takes more water to manufacture a new car (39,090 gallons) than to fill an above ground swimming pool.

• Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms: solid, liquid and gas.

• Public water suppliers process 38 billion gallons of water per day for consumption.

• An additional 300 billion gallons of untreated waster is used per day for agricultural or commercial purposes.

• There are more than 50,000 community water systems providing water to the public in the United States.

• Nearly 80% of diseases in developing countries are water borne.

• Nearly 85% of water is used for agricultural and industrial purposes.

• 97.5% of the earth's water is saltwater. If the world's water fit into a bucket, only one teaspoonful would be drinkable.

• Less than one percent of treated water is used for cooking and drinking.

• The average person drinks 800 gallons of water during their lifetime.

• One gallon of gasoline can contaminate approximately 750,000 gallons of water.

• You can refill an 8 oz. glass of water approximately 15,000 times for the same cost as a soda.

• Every glass of water you drink has been consumed before - - at least 8 times.

• The markup cost for a private water company is around 10 percent; the markup cost on bottled water is around 600 percent.

• 99% of the population of Scott County is served by public water; 90% of the population of Kentucky is served by public water; 71% of the US population is served by public water.