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#2
#1
120 litres of water is used to make one glass of wine
70 litres of water is used to grow one apple
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#3
#4
7,900 litres of water is used to make a pair of shoes
If drinking water and soda pop cost equally, your water bill
would skyrocket more than 10,000%.
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#5
Fun Fact
The average garden hose pours 20 litres of water per
minute
#6
4,600 litres of water is needed to make one beef steak
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#7
100 litres is the average volume of water an individual uses
every day to shower
#8
100 litres is the average volume of water that we flush
down the toilet every day
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Fun Fact
#9
91% of BC residents get their water from municipal
distribution systems
#10
86% of BC residents use municipal sewer systems to
remove used water from their homes
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#11
350 litres is the volume of water an individual uses every
day – this is equivalent to 1,600 bathtubs filled to the top
with water
$500 is the average annual cost per household in BC for
municipal water and sewer services
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#13
One penny is the cost per toilet flush
15 cents is the cost of an average shower
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Fun Fact
#15
One-quarter of one penny is the cost for all the tap water
an individual drinks in a day
#16
135 litres is the volume of water required every day to feed
and keep a dairy cow healthy
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#17
44,000 is the number of active water licenses in BC
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#18
80,000 kilometres is the length of underground pipes in
BC's municipal water, sewer and stormwater systems –
enough pipe to circle the earth twice!