To call attention to importance of drinking water, Detroit next month will be joining the nation in celebrating the fourth annual Drinking Water Month. The monthlong celebration will begin April 21 with a principals' breakfast at Golightly Vocational School to enlighten educators about the annual event. Tours will be conducted of its water treatment facilities. On May 18, the water department will present awards to 10 middle and high school students who presented water-related projects at the Metropolitan Detroit Science and Engineering Fair held in March. Water that is safe to drink is called potable.
Ground water is water that sinks into the upper portion of the Earth's surface.
One ear of corn is 80 percent water. It takes 39,090 gallons of water to manufacture a new car and its four tires. Each year, nearly 10,000 cubic miles of water flows along the world's rivers to the oceans. Public water suppliers in the United States process nearly 34 billion gallons of water per day for domestic and public use.