Fun Facts
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Today is Weed Your Garden Day! Why should we think about weeding a garden on a water website? Weeds use water that would otherwise be used by your wanted plants. “Weeds can inhibit garden plants from growing, as they compete with them for sunlight, nutrients, and water. A weed can be defined as anything that…
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This weeks fun fact comes from the Office of energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website discussing the Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Development and Testing. The fun fact is: Nearly 49% of the American population lives within 50 miles of the coast.
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This week I want to take a look at the amount of pipe it takes in the US to get us fresh clean water. According to the US EPA, there are approximately 1 million miles of pipeline or aqueducts in the US and Canada. That is enough to circle the earth 40 times. …
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Well how much does that gallon of water weigh? Depending on the temperature (another fun fact to think about later) water weighs close to 8.32 pounds per gallon. To be specific, at 77 degrees F, water weights 8.32 pounds per gallon and gets lighter as the temperature increases. This is according to standard Density of…
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As a fun fact of the week I have a question: What is the Average Annual Rainfall for Georgia? The Answer: We get on average 50-52 inches of rain annually.
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This week I was reading a book on Soil Physics and found a fun fact. A single water molecule has a radius of 1.38 Angstrom at the center. The oxygen and hydrogen in the water molecule are about 0.97 Angstroms and the hydrogens are about 1.54 Angstroms apart. An Angstrom is equal to 10^-15…
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With the recent rains across the Southeast starting in late December and continuing into January, I thought it would be good to send the Fun Fact of the Week related to the volume of water from an inch of rainfall. At standard Temperature and Pressure one (1) inch of water has a volume of 27,154 gallons and…
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Water Fun Fact of the Week
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This week’s water fun fact is related to the body. A person’s body consist of roughly 70 percent water.
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The fun fact this week could only deal with Turkeys. So, based on a Utah State University Extension publication, after 14 weeks, daily water consumption in toms varies from less than 200 to over 230 gallons/1000 birds depending on environmental temperature.
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