How much water do you use in your home over a year’s time? The typical family of four uses from 74,000 to 133,600 gallons a year, depending on location. Aquarion water costs less than a penny a gallon. Annual costs for some common uses are listed below.
	Annual Usage	Annual Aquarion Water Cost
Clothes Washer	16,058 — 28,861 gallons or 21.7 % of total	$64 - $115 a year
Shower	12,432 — 22,344 gallons or 16.8 % of total	$50 - $89 a year
Bath	1,258 — 2,261 gallons or 1.7 % of total	$5 to $9 a year

Water Is Precious… and Powerful!

Less than 1% of all the water on earth is available for drinking. Americans use 399 billion gallons of water every day for domestic, commercial, industrial, irrigation, livestock and thermoelectric power.

More Water Trivia!

How much water does it take to accomplish the following?
Water Boils at…	212 Degrees F
To Make a Car Tire…	500 Gallons
Our Body's Water is in…	Cells & Between Cells and Blood
How Much a Person Drinks for Life…	16,000 Gallons

More Water Facts
True or False

A watermelon contains more water than any other food.
True- A watermelon is 97% H2O.

The first water pipes were made of fire-charred or bored wood.
True –The City of Boston was still removing them during the 1970s.

The human brain is 48% water.
False- The human brain is 75% water.