1. About 69 per cent of the fresh water on Earth is frozen in glaciers.
2. Another 30 per cent of the fresh water is underground, leaving only one per cent easily available as drinking water.
3. An inch of rainwater falling over one acre of ground contains more than 22,500 gallons and consists of 113 tons in weight of water.
4. Water is the only substance found naturally on Earth in all three physical forms: solid, liquid, gas.
5. About 70 per cent of your brain is water. A cucumber or jellyfish is about 95 per cent water
6. More than 5,500 gallons of water is needed to grow the food for a family of four a day.
7. “Love’s fire heats water, water cools not love.” (Sonnet 154, William Shakespeare).
8. The Shape Of Water (2017) and On The Waterfront (1954) both won Best Film Oscars. Documentaries Crashing The Water Barrier (1956) and Water Birds (1952) both won Oscars.
9. “Water is the king of food.” (Kenyan proverb). “Only the rich complain when it rains.” (Zambia).
10. The theme for this year’s World Water Week is “Water, ecosystems and human development”.