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DC Water for Kids
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That's why it's important to use water wisely

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!
Enter your weight (in pounds):


This is how many 8-oz glasses it would take to equal the water in you!

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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.

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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?