WATER FACTS

- The average five-minute shower takes between 15 to 25 gallons of water (AWWA Blue Thumb
  Series)

- An automatic dishwasher uses approximately 9 to 12 gallons of water, while hand washing can
  use up to 20 gallons. (AWWA Blue Thumb Series)

- If every household in America had a faucet that dripped once each second, 928 million gallons of
  water a day would be lost. (AWWA Blue Thumb Series)

- The average daily requirement for fresh water in the United States is about 40 billion gallons a day,
  with about 300 billion gallons used untreated for agriculture and commercial purposes.  (AWWA
  Blue Thumb Series)

- You can fill an 8 oz. Glass of water approximately 15,000 times for the same cost as a six-pack of
  your soda. (AWWA Blue Thumb Series)

- Growing a day's food for 1 adult takes about 1,700 gallons of water. (National Geographic Society,
  1993)