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Water Works: Explore the wonderful world of water. Find out about exciting careers.
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Within the United States and Canada, the total miles of water pipelines and aqueducts equals approximately one million miles. This would be adequate to circle the earth 40 times! Roll your mouse over the dots on the map to discover cool water facts. Each day, the sun evaporates 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) tons of water.
1.2 billion people - or 1 out of 5 - are without access to sage drinking water and half the world's population lacks adequate water-purification systems.
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Sources: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, American Water Works Association, and United States Geological Survey Water Pollution Hot-Spots: Search the globe and become a water pollution and water clean-up expert in Water Hot-Spots. Water Power: Flip through the PLANET H2O scrapbook and explore high- and low-tech ways in which water is used in Water Power. Water World: Investigate where water is found above, on, and beneath the surface of the earth in Water World. Toyota Thirteen/WNET American Public Television