Have you ever considered what the word 'water' actually means? We all know that water is the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, seas and it is almost the pre-dominant factor of a living matter. But what does 'water' mean? Here you can have a clear idea of the word: before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English wæter; cognate with Dutchwater, German Wasser; akin to Old Norse vain, Gothic wato, Hittite watar,Greek hýdōr; (v.) Middle English wateren, Old English wæterian, derivativeof the noun. OKAY – BUT, when attending a swimming pool spa, can you imagine some things happening to your body? First things first: URINE!! It is not a warning, but you should take in consideration that individuals might or will actually use that area as a toilet. Why go to the toilet, when you can just DO IT there. But what if you go under water, and leave your eyes open? Remember, red eyes do not come from chlorine – they come from "the urine." As of course you might know the meaning of urine – we do not need a wiki page reference in this case! Second case is simply called DIRT – yes, if you have ever heard the rumor about people going dirty into swimming pools! Some other facts, considering water are written below. 1.7% of the world's water is frozen and therefore unusable. To create one pint of beer it takes 20 gallons of water In just one day, 200 million work hours are consumed by women collecting water for their families. Water that is not considered safe kills 200 children every hour all over the world. Ever thought about water weight? Here you go, it weighs 8 pounds a gallon. One egg takes 120 gallons of water What about the brain? 70% of the brain is water. 80% of all illness actually come and are related to water. We are used to drink clean water, but there are some countries out there where clean water comes not even in question. In some countries, less than half the population has access to clean water. You might try to not eat about a month (of course the results are not very positive – it probably will result in death, but you would not survive 1 week without water.) Do you know how much water expands? By 9% when it freezes. Children in the first 6 months of life consume seven times as much water per pound as the average American adult. Population? 85% of the world population lives in the driest half of the planet. The perfect way to lose a little more than a cup of water (237 ml) is - when we exhale it. Tea and Coffee are an element of water. This wat it takes more than twice the amount of water to produce coffee than it does when producing tea. It takes about 70 gallons of water to fill a bathtub. A swimming pool naturally loses about 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) a month for drying up. China uses 64% of freshwater withdrawals for agriculture. If you do NOT flush water just once per day, you could save a lake full of water EARTH - Water is the most common substance found on earth. 1 slice of bread requires 11 gallons of water. There is an estimated 326 million trillion gallons of water on earth. NASA has discovered water in the form of ice on the MOON. 500 sheets of paper requires 1,321 gallons of water. 1 APPLE requires 18 gallons of water. China uses 64% of freshwater withdrawals for agriculture. Water makes up about 66 percent of the human body.