DC Water and Sewer Authority

That's why it's important to use water wisely

Plants, animals and people need water to live Human beings need about 2 quarts a day to digest food, transport wastes, keep cells alive, make blood and control body temperature. We get some of this water by drinking. Some comes from food -- an apple, for example, is about 3/4 water, and a ripe tomato is mostly water.
Nearly 2/3 of your body is water! Enter your weight (in pounds): This is how many 8-oz glasses it would take to equal the water in you!
	People also use water for: cooking bathing cleaning flushing toilets growing food making paper, steel and other products making electricity having fun In too many cases, precious water is wasted in the process.
We're using water faster than we can recycle it! Did you know that some parts of the country are actually running out of clean, drinkable water?