Test your knowledge on water with Sciens’ proprietary Aqueous Quotient quiz. Are you a fountain of knowledge or are you struggling harder than a 100-year-old pipe?
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Results
#1. The Annual investment need for Water is estimated at +$129 billion with a total need of $645 billion over the next five years. What percentage of the overall investment is covered by the spending of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act?
Source: https://www.uschamber.com/infrastructure/water-funding-in-the-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act
#2. The United States has a system of nearly 4 million miles of Water and Wastewater pipes that underpin the whole water infrastructure. How many miles of pipes were built before Warren Harding was president?
Source: https://www.awwa.org/Portals/0/AWWA/-Government/BuriedNoLonger.pdf
#3. What is the median age of the 90,000 dams in the United States
#4. The United States has a population of ~350 million and has over 70,000 Water and Wastewater utilities. How many Water and Wastewater systems are there in the UK (population of ~70 million)?
Source: https://discoverwater.co.uk/water-sector
#5. In the US there are on average 850 water main breaks per day causing Billions of gallons to be lost in a day. Based on industry participants what % of total water is lost to leakage in the US?
Source: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/epa816f13002.pdf
#6. The average monthly water bill in the US is around $50. Which country has cheaper residential water rates than the United States?
Source: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights/us-water-infrastructure-making-funding-count
#7. Between 7-8% of the US population (~25 million people) in any given year report unsafe or don't have clean water. What % of adult US population does not have a cell phone?
Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile
