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KIDS
Water! Water! Everywhere…Learn how to work and play the conservation way! How much do you really know about water?
Test your knowledge with our water trivia.
Ready to learn more? Check out our water conservation tips and gardening tips to see how easy it is to save water and then make sure to share these tips with your family and friends.
Water trivia
- A healthy adult needs two quarts of water a day. Most people drink less than this.
- Most of the earth's surface water is permanently frozen, located too deep in the ground to pump, or is in the oceans.
- Eighty percent of the fresh water we use in the U.S. is for irrigating crops.
- Tomatoes are 95 percent water.
- The human brain is composed of 95 percent water; blood is 82 percent water; and the lungs are nearly 90 percent water.
- Desert camels drink about 50 gallons of water at a time, and can go nine days without water. Camels' humps contain fat, not water.
- It takes almost 49 gallons of water to produce just one eight-ounce glass of milk. That includes water consumed by the cow and to grow the food she eats, plus water used to process the milk.
- The first water pipes in the U.S. were made of hollowed-out logs.
- Over 90 percent of the world's fresh water is frozen and located in Antarctica.
- Angel Falls in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world. The falls drops 3,212 feet. The drop is taller than 2.5 Empire State Buildings stacked one on top of the other.
- The world's rainiest place is Mt. Wai'ale'ale, Kauai, Hawaii. During an average year, there are only 15 dry days.
- Minnesota may be known as the "Land of Sky Blue Waters" and the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," but Alaska has more than three million lakes.
- The five Great Lakes form the largest fresh surface water system in the world.
- If all the water in the Great Lakes was spread evenly across the continental U.S., the ground would be covered with almost 10 feet of water.
- The highest lake in the world is Lake Titicaca. It is located in the Andes Mountains at an elevation of 12,500 feet.
- Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. It has a maximum depth of 1,645 feet. It holds of 40 trillion gallons of water—enough to cover the state of California to a depth of 14 inches!
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Conservation tips for kids
- Don’t let the water run while brushing your teeth or washing your face.
- Take shorter showers. Try setting a timer for five minutes.
- Tell mom and dad if you notice a leaky faucet.
- Stop using the toilet as a trash can. Every time you flush a small bit of trash down the toilet, you waste gallons of water.
- Designate one glass for your drinking water each day. This will cut down on the number of times your parents will run the dishwasher.
- Wash only full loads of laundry.
- Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways, steps and sidewalks.
- Wash your pet outside on an area of land that is due for a watering.
- Do one thing each day that will save water. Even if savings are small, every drop counts.
- Collect rainwater or reuse fish tank to water indoor plants or your garden. This will provide a nice fertilizer as well as save water.
- Keep drinking water in your refrigerator. Don't let the faucet run until the water cools down. Instead, keep a container of drinking water in the refrigerator. Running faucets waste three to seven gallons of water per minute.
- Don't play in sprinklers. Running through water from a hose or sprinkler is fun, but wastes gallons of water.
- Recycle your wading pool water by using it to water your garden. Your plants and grass won't know the difference!
- Don't keep your conservation tips a secret. Tell your friends and neighbors and ask your parents to help out. Set a good example and see how many ways you can think of to help save planet Earth.
- Check out these sites for more fun water saving tips
Gardening tips for kids
- Next time you are planning your garden, check out the drought-tolerant plants at your local nursery. These plants are beautiful and save a lot of water.
- Make sure you water your garden early in the morning or late in the evening. Watering during the day can
- Water every other day. Your garden doesn’t need water every day.
- Remember to weed your lawn and garden regularly. Weeds compete with other plants for nutrients, light, and water.
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