100 Amazing Water Facts You Should Know

Water is the most important resource in the world. Here are 100 amazing facts about water that you may not know.

68.7% of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in glaciers.¹

30% of fresh water is in the ground.¹

1.7% of the world’s water is frozen and therefore unusable.¹

Approximately 400 billion gallons of water are used in the United States per day.¹

Nearly one-half of the water used by Americans is used for thermoelectric power generation.¹

In one year, the average American residence uses over 100,000 gallons (indoors and outside).¹

Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid including sulfuric acid.¹

The freezing point of water lowers as the amount of salt dissolved in at increases. With average levels of salt, seawater freezes at -2 °C (28.4 °F).²