the water... our water

What is water?. Many people would say that water is a junction of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, (H2O). This is entirely correct, but the water is more important than a simple junction of hydrogen and oxygen. Water is the principal font of live. Everything around us is water, absolutely everything, you, me, him, her, it's all water and without this precious liquid is impossible the live exist. If there is not water, then, there is not life. Water can be found in state solid, liquid or gas.

Over 70% of the land is covered by water but this number only 3% is freshwater, of which 2% is frozen at the poles are missing, when mixed when thawed. Water is an abundant element, but actually the amount that can be used for drinking is little.

A water molecule spends 98 years of 100 years in the ocean or sea, about 20 months in solid state (ice), about 2 month in lakes and rivers and the rest in the atmosphere and as rain and in other components.

Scientists revealed that in fact the total weight of water in an adult human body is around 55% of the total mass and not the 70% as previously thought and said. What is certain is that to have a body in perfect harmony, we need to drink 2 liters of water per day on average, with some exceptions.

A person can survive a month without eating, but only a maximum of 7 days without fluids. Humans take very little water, but nature has taken care to place the vital fluid in our food supply. 95% of a tomato is water. In addition to tomatoes, apples also have a high water content (85%), spinach (91%) and potatoes (80%), the cucumber are almost (93%) water.

Are necesary 450 liters of water to produce a chicken egg, plus 7.000 liters of water to refine one barrel full of crude oil,and 148.000 liters of water for the manufacture of a car.

Water is the main regulator of the Earth's temperature,  the blue planet in the solar system.