Ripple Effect
Ripple Effect is a truly community-based partnership between The City of National City, our local water utility the Sweetwater Authority, A Reason To Survive (ARTS) and the National City-based Design and Fabrication team at Artist and Exile
Keep reading for some helpful water resources and some water fun facts!
Learn More about the Sweetwater Authority's Educational Resources:
www.sweetwater.org/187/Education
And... most importantly... be WaterSmart!
Find out more about our water on
the Sweetwater Authority website.
We hope you have a splash!
It is well known humans are made up of 60-70% of water, but how much is that exactly?
Turns out the average female has 9 gallons, or 35 liters, that's 3.78 x the amount of water in a watermelon!
How much do you have? A simple formula for that is TBW (Total Body Water) = 0.6* body weight in kilograms.
The average American consumes 108 oz of water daily. 80% is from your beverages like milk, coffee, or water. The remaining 20% is food.
If the body of every person on Earth were to be extracted, it could fill 13,000+ Olympic swimming pools!
Cacti are famous for how resilient they are, so how much water does the plant need?
0.8 cups of water every 12 days.
That's 1.5 gallons a year, which is just under two days worth of water consumption for us!
Did you know water holds memory?
Distilled water has no taste, what is tasted from purified water is the added minerals
Most water on Earth is recycled, however a small portion gets lost to space and some is lost deep in the Earth where we cannot reach.
Only 0.5% of the world’s water is accessible and drinkable.
12 inches of snow roughly equals 1 inches of water.
Icebergs can take 3-6 years to melt
When a pan gets over 356° it causes the bottom layer or water to instantly vaporize, transforming into a layer of steam and lifting the rest of the water up.
This makes water droplets bounce around a hot pan and prevents food from sticking. It is called the Leidenfrost effect.
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is the Mpemba effect.
Cold systems heat up faster than warm systems. This is known as the inverse Mpemba effect.
Water expands when it freezes.
Koalas and Kangaroos, native to Australia, do not sweat! Despite being renowned for its intense heat, their national animals lack sweat glands.
Their neighbor, New Zealand, also has a national animal that does not sweat, the Kiwi bird.
Tardigrades are invertebrates and can survive decades without water, they can also hibernate for up to a century.
500 ml of water is used approximately 5-50 prompts with chat gpt. While Google uses 0.3-0.5 ml per prompt.
This is because of the difference of complexity, and how much work each system has to do.
Their brains (data centers) need extensive cooling, which uses water indirectly
ARTS is dedicated to teaching our community about the importance of saving water and valuing our natural resources.
We aim to inspire young people to care for the earth and recognize their role in protecting the environment for the future. Check out some of the other projects related to this topic
