All About Water - Keidel Bath, Plumbing, Kitchens

All About Water

Keidel Supply provides the systems by which Cincinnatians receive their drinking water.

The products we sell transfer water from its source, whether that is a municipal water main, a well or a cistern, to their homes.

In today's world, the quality of that resource is of paramount importance to everyone.

Here are a number of articles and websites that address the topics most frequently discussed concerning the purity and safety of our water supply.

The Basics

Concerns

Did You Know?

an average family of four uses 90,000 gallons of water a year
A 50-gallon water heater holds about 400 pounds of water
The typical U.S. home wastes between 12,000 to 38,000 gallons of water each year waiting for hot water
Water is the most common compound on earth, the fluid from which all life originates. Its the one liquid humans must have to live.
Human blood is 83% water
Human skin is 70% water
Human bones are 25% water
An average person can survive nearly 2 months without food, but only 5 to 7 days without water
97% of the water on the earth is saltwater; only 3% is freshwater
Most of the freshwater stored on the earth is frozen in glaciers
Only 1% of the earth's water is available for drinking water

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