Some Interesting Facts about Water

- Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.

- At birth, water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight.

- A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day.

- Pure water (solely hydrogen and oxygen atoms) has a neutral pH of 7, which is neither acidic nor basic.

- Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid.
Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.

- Somewhere between 70 and 75 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water.

- Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.