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Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. Its molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state, water vapor or steam. Water covers 70.9% of the Earth's surface, and is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth, it is found mostly in oceans and other large water bodies, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation. Oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes and ponds 0.6%. A very small amount of the Earth's water is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. Water on Earth moves continually through a cycle of evaporation or transpiration (evapotranspiration), precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Over land, evaporation and transpiration contribute to the precipitation over land. Clean drinking water is essential to human and other lifeforms. Access to safe drinking water has improved steadily and substantially over the last decades in almost every part of the world. There is a clear correlation between access to safe water and GDP per capita. However, some observers have estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability. A recent report (November 2009) suggests that by 2030, in some developing regions of the world, water demand will exceed supply by 50%. Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions as a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and transportation. Approximately 70% of freshwater is consumed by agriculture. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Does a water softener have to be connected to the main water supply? Q. I just moved into a new home and would like to have a water softener installed. The main water supply (shut off values) is located in the coat closet though. I don't want to put a water softener in the coat closet. The house is on a slab foundation. Can we put the water softener some where else? If so, what are our options? Asked by Scott C - Thu Sep 7 13:02:50 2006 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. There's no point in having a water softener unless it feeds all the water outlets in the house. You really want soft water for showering, clothes washing and your water heater, so you want to make sure you can connect the softener in a spot that will feed all these things. I recommend that you bite the bullet and put the softener in the coat closet. That will be the easiest, cheapest and best place to install it. If that simply won't work, call a plumber and have him/her look over your plumbing system and give you more specific advice. Answered by pvreditor - Thu Sep 7 13:13:22 2006 How to Recycle water from the washing machine? Q. How to recycle the water poured out from my washing machine during the rinse and spin cycles? Can i use this water in a treated/untreated form for watering my garden? Would save me tons of water especially in the comming summer season! How can we make this water useable? Asked by indirakshee2001 - Sat Mar 31 13:29:57 2007 - - 3 Answers - 1 Comments A. call a plumber and ask how to pipe the outgoing water from the clean spin cycle...there might just be a way to do this...good luck Answered by The Emperor of Ecstasy - Sat Mar 31 13:46:21 2007 How to make the hot water last longer?
Q. My house is not too too old, but not new. When I move it, i was nine, the owner son just graduate from university. The owner build the house. So that's about how old is the house. Everytime I take a shower, it's like a race, I have to do it as fast as possible before the hot water runs out. A handy man had come over, and he said and switch the temperature of the hot water hotter (he did it at the hot water production machine located at the laundry room), that's all he can do. But switching the hot water temperature hotter doesn't help make hot water last longer. I thought it was just me taking shower too long, but I ask my friend, and she said she took very long and hot water still did not run out. How to make hot water don't run out so… [cont.] Asked by asknanswer - Sun Mar 19 10:38:37 2006 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments A. I assume you have an electric water heater. If so I suspect one of the elements is burned out or one of the thermostats is bad. Electric water heaters have two thermostats and two heating elements. If one of the elements burns out or one of the thermostats quits working you don't get enough hot water. But first connect a hose to the outlet at the bottom of the tank and run water out of it for 10 minutes. See if clearing the sediment helps. Sometimes sediment keeps the bottom element from working right. If it doesn't help then it is either a thermostat or heating element in which case you should call a service man and have it repaired. Answered by Norm - Sun Mar 19 10:43:44 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Water" Water is a common chemical substance, that is essential to all known forms of life. In typical usage water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has the solid state, ice, and gaseous state, water vapor. Water covers 71% of Earth's surface as well as below ground in aquifers and in the air as vapor, clouds, and precipitation. ContentsSourcedThou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. - Psalms 65:9
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