Liquid Assets

1.6 Million - children under age 5 who die each year in the world because of unsafe water or lack or basic sanitation.

1.1 Billion - people without access to safe drinking water.

84 - percent of people without access to safe drinking water who live in rural areas.

0.3 - percent or the earth's water that is usable by humans.

6 quadrillion - gallons of fresh water in the Great Lakes - one fifth of the world's fresh surface water.

97.5 - percent of the earth's water that is saltwater.

90 - percent of the cost of a bottle of water that is in the lid, label and bottle.

40 - estimated percent of bottled water that comes from a municipal water system.

70 - percent of the human body made up of water.

2 - liters of water needed by the human body every day.

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