Plants, animals and people need water to live
Human beings need about 2 quarts a day to digest food, transport
wastes, keep cells alive, make blood and control body temperature.
We get some of this water by drinking. Some comes from food
-- an apple, for example, is about 3/4 water, and a ripe tomato
is mostly water.
Nearly 2/3 of your body
is water!
People also use water for:
cooking
bathing
cleaning
flushing toilets
growing food
making paper, steel and other products
making electricity
having fun
In too many cases, precious water is wasted in the
process.
We're using water faster than we can recycle it!
Did you know that some parts of the country are actually running
out of clean, drinkable water?
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