10 HEALTHY WATER TRIVIA QUESTIONS

Just how much do you know about how clean, pure water impacts your daily health? At Pure Water Plumbing, we thought it would be fun to find out. Go ahead, test your healthy water IQ. The answers are at the bottom. Enjoy!

HEALTHY WATER TRIVIA

1. How long can a person survive without water?

2. How much water do we need to drink daily for optimal health?

3. True or False: If you have caught a fever, reduce your water intake immediately so your body doesn’t have to work overtime to process it.

4. How long does it typically take for water to leave the stomach after consumption?

5. True or False: If you live in an old house with lead pipelines you could get health problems.

6. How many cases of illness due to water contamination are reported to the Centers for Disease Control annually?

7.  True or False: It’s okay to ingest a little salt water from time to time.

8. Is it true that many lakes and rivers have healing properties in the water and are good to drink from when you want a boost?

9. What things do water treatment facilities work to filter from water in order prevent the diseases, like cholera and typhoid, that they cause?

10. How many people in the world are without safe drinking water?

ANSWERS

1. A person can live for about a month without food, but without water, only about a week before dying of dehydration.

2. The recommended daily consumption level is 2 liters.

3. FALSE! Water regulates the temperature of the human body, so if you have a fever, rest and plenty of fluids are the top prescription for helping the body defeat it.

4.  Five minutes.

5. TRUE! Weathering of the pipelines over time can cause lead to be leached into your water and pour out of the tap into your glass, which is very harmful to your health.

6. The CDC reports that more than 4,000 cases per year of illness due to drinking contaminated water are received.

7. FALSE! Our kidneys can only create urine less salty than salt water. Therefore, to get rid of all the excess salt taken in by drinking seawater, you have to urinate more water than was consumed, which results in death by dehydration.

8. Nope. Drinking water straight from a lake or river is never recommended, as it can be damaging to your health. Don’t risk it - no matter what local lore may say!

9. Bacteria, viruses and parasites found naturally in water.

10. More than 2 billion people on the planet - out of 7 billion total - do not have a safe water supply, about 28.5%.

Pure Water = Healthy Water

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