By Holden Squibb and Matt Linder

A child dies of water born diseases about every 15 seconds (that’s about 12 children just since you started reading this article). By this time tomorrow, another 2,500 will be dead.

March 22 nd is the UN World Water Day

85% of the world’s population lives in the driest half of the Earth

783 million people do not have access to clean drinking water and 2.5 billion people don’t have access to adequate sanitation

The US uses more than 346,000 gallons of fresh water a day

100,000 gallons of water are required to make one car

A cow must drink 4 gallons of water in order to produce 1 gallon of milk

It takes six gallons of water to produce one serving of french fries

The average American family turns on their water faucet 70 times per day

You can drink 4,000 glasses of tap water for the same price as one six pack of water

The sun evaporates 1,000,000,000,000 tons of water everyday

There are over a millions miles of water pipelines and aqueducts in the US and Canada. Enough to circle the globe 40 times

The average household uses 107,000 of gallons a year

It takes 11,000 liters of water to produce 1 pound of coffee

Over 90% of the world’s fresh water is in Antarctica