Water Footprints

Understanding your water foot print

 

1. What percentage of bottled water ends up in landfill?

a.  86%; b. 50%; c. 30%; d. 7%

 

2. Which of the following activity uses most amount of water?

a. Clothes washing; b. Shower

 

3. On an average what percentage of water in home is lost through leak?

a. 2,9%; b. 13.7%; c. 9.3%;, d. 15%

 

4. What percentage of earth’s water is fresh water?

a. 50%; b.  22%; c. 6%; d. 3%

 

5. What percentage of people in the world lack access to safe drinking water?

a.15%; b. 25%; c. 35%; d. 45%

 

6. What is the total amount of water (in gallons) consumed per day by the average person in he U.S.?

a. 55; b.150; c.750; d.1,300

 

7. About how many gallons/day are needed to sustain life (including the minimum water needed to produce the food we consume)?

a. 5; b. 13; c. 21; d. 33

 

8. What percentage of the adult human body is comprised of water?

a. 10%; b. 20%; c. 50-65%; d. 75-80%

 

 

9. What percent of his/her income does the average U.S. citizen spend on drinking water?

a. 0.5%; b. 2%; c. 10%; d. 25%

 

10. What percent of his/her income does the average Honduran living in the slums of that country’s capital city spend on drinking water?

a. 0.5%; b. 2%; c. 10%; d. 25%

 

11. Approximately how many people in developing countries die each year from water-related disease?

a. 100; b. 1,000; c. 10,000; d. 10,000,000

 

12. How many gallons of water does it take to produce 1 pound of corn

a. 68; b. 168; c. 568; d. 1268

 

13. How much water does it take to produce 1 pound a beef?

a. 40; b. 400; c. 4,000; d. 40,000

 

14. What activity accounts for the highest water use worldwide?

            a. agriculture; b. industry; c. domestic?