Water Facts

How much water do we use?

• Taking a bath or shower: 9-12 gallons
• Watering the lawn and yard: 180 gallons
• Washing the dishes by machine: 8-13 gallons
• Washing clothes: 35-50 gallons
• Washing the car: 50 gallons
• Brushing your teeth: 2-5 gallons
• Cooking: 5-10 gallons
• Drinking: ½ gallons
• Flushing the toilet (once): 4-7 gallons
• Leaking toilet (per day): 60 gallons

How much water does it take to produce one serving of:

• Lettuce (1 cup): 3 gallons
• Cantaloupe (8 oz): 40 gallons
• Tomato Ketchup (1 oz): 3 gallons
• Butter (0.36 oz): 46 gallons
• White Sugar (1 tbsp): 7 gallons
• Milk (8 fl. oz): 48 gallons
• Whole Wheat Bread (1 slice): 7 gallons
• Orange Juice (1 cup): 49 gallons
• Tomatoes (4.3 oz): 8 gallons
• Cheese (1 oz): 56 gallons
• White Bread (1 slice): 11 gallons
• Tofu (1/2 cup): 61 gallons
• Fresh Broccoli (2.7 oz): 11 gallons
• Egg (1): 63 gallons
• Tomato Paste (2 oz): 12 allons
• Almonds (1 oz): 80 gallons
• Tomato Sauce (4 oz): 13 gallons
• Plain Yogurt (1 cup): 88 gallons
• Oranges (4.6 oz): 14 gallons
• Chicken (8 oz): 330 gallons
• Brown Rice (1 oz): 16 gallons
• Hamburger (4 oz): 616 gallons
• White Rice (1 oz): 25 gallons
• Steak (8 oz): 1,232 gallons
• Pasta (2 oz): 36 gallon

How much of the Earth's water supply is:

• Salt Water: 97.2%
• Fresh Water: 2.8%
• Groundwater: 0.6%
• Lakes and Streams: 0.01%
• Glaciers and Icecaps: 2.2%
• Water Vapor: 0.001%

Fact: If all the world's water were fit into a gallon jug, the fresh water available for us to use would equal only about one tablespoon. - www.lenntech.com

This information was provided by: Water Education Foundation - www.watereducation.org