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Water never stops moving. Snow and rain fall to the earth from clouds. The rain and melted snow run downhill into rivers and lakes, sometimes crashing over waterfalls. Eventually the water flows into the ocean.

During evaporation, the water turns from liquid into gas, and moves from oceans and lakes into the atmosphere where it forms clouds.

Water Wise Resource Action Programs
http://www.getwise.org/
Tracking Drought
http://www.drought.unl.edu/kids/tracking.htm
CSU Colorado Water Knowledge
http://www.waterknowledge.colostate.edu/

  Water is a precious resource. All living things depend on water to survive. Unfortunately, few of us think much about the importance of water until it is in limited supply. To help you appreciate just how important water is to all, here are a few interesting WATER FACTS:

  • We live on a "water planet".  When viewed from space, earth is blue and white. The blue is the oceans and the white is water vapor.
  • About two-thirds of home water use is for toilet flushing and bathing!
  • A leaky faucet can waste 100 gallons of water a day.
  • One newspaper a day means the use of 66,000 gallons of water a day.
  • Nearly 50% of the world's population lacks access to clean water for sanitation, drinking and other needs.
  • Less that 2% of the Earth's water supply is fresh water.
  • The human body is about 75% water.
  • Tomatoes are 90% water, potatoes 80%, and chickens 75%.
  • About 75% of your brain is water--use it wisely to learn to make water conservation an everyday habit!

The Drought Response Information Project (DRIP) will be sponsoring a poster contest for Grand Junction’s youth with this year's theme, “Water: Reduce Your Use”. This will give the opporunity to learn about, think about and help our community practice Wise Water Use.

Posters where judged in three age categories: ages 5-8, 9-12, and 13-16. Judges included DRIP members from the City of Grand Junction, the Town of Palisade, Clifton Water, Ute Water, and Colorado State University Cooperative Extension.

When submitting the poster, please include the form for judging purposes. The information will only be used for the sole-purpose of contacting the winners. If you have any questions contact Joe Burtard at (970)242-7491.

You can mail or drop off the poster to Ute Water Conservancy District at 560 25 Road no later than June 5, 2009.

  Did you know that the water you drank this morning might have been the same water a dinosaur drank millions of years ago? Or it may have been the same water that supported Columbus' ships on the sea. There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there has always been. The water keeps moving around in an endless cycle called the water cycle. Water itself is the only substance that exists in liquid, gas and solid form - the keys to the water cycle. Here's how the cycle works: Water evaporates from oceans, rivers and lakes (water in its liquid form) and rises into the atmosphere (water in its gas form) where it condenses to form clouds. Precipitation then falls to the earth in the form of rain (water in its liquid) or snow (water in its solid form) where it flows into oceans, rivers and lakes and the process begins again.

REMEMBER..
Never put water down the drain that can be used for something else such as watering a garden or cleaning. Use water wisely!
 

 

Page updated Monday, July 13, 2009