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What You (Probably) Don’t Know About Water

Water is something to celebrate every single day of our lives.  It’s also something to be treasured as around the world and here in the United States it’s a finite resource.  As in, we have what we have and it’s everyone’s responsibility not to squander this wonders of Water  vital natural resource.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t also have some fun with water; hence, the purpose of this blog.  We think you’ll be at least mildly surprised by some of these water facts, and downright amazed by others.

Sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air.

• The average human brain is about 78% water, so the next time someone says “be careful lest your brain turn to mush,” feel free to say “sorry, too late.”
• Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
• You begin to feel thirsty once you lose just 1% of the water your body routinely holds.
• In plants, water defies gravity. Water molecules travel up thin straws called xylem in the plant by holding onto each other and the walls of the tube.
• The average American household uses 100,000 gallons of water a year.
• A running toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water each day.
• Water is the only substance that is found naturally on earth in three forms: liquid, gas, solid.
• The first water pipes in the U.S. were made from hollowed logs.
• Americans use approximately twice as much water as Europeans do in a day.
• Koala bears are one of only two creatures that do not drink water and instead get their water from other resources (in the Koala’s case: eucalyptus leaves).
• At one drip per second, a faucet can leak 3,000 gallons in a year.
• While a person can live for around a month without food, people can only live for around one week without water.
• It takes .26 gallons of water to irrigate one calorie of food.

• It takes 2.6 gallons of water to make a sheet of paper, but 6.3 gallons of water to make 17 ounces of plastic.

And, since nature produces mostly cold water,  Messmer mechanical is here help ensure faucets and fixtures deliver warm or hot water when you need it. Contact us today for any residential or commercial hot water need you might have.  It’s our great pleasure to serve you.