According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the average amount of water one person uses on a daily basis is:

20 gallons
50 gallons
76 gallons
145 gallons


To find out more information visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site for Pennsylvania Region 3 Water Protection Division and EPA's Games and Online Activities.

According to the United States Geological Survey it takes how many gallons of water to make a single serving of hamburger?

50 gallons
250 gallons
925 gallons
1300 gallons


Visit the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Water Science for Schools website and find out how much water it takes to make some more of your favorite foods.

Sewage treatment plants
Precipitation run-off from farm fields, roads, parking lots and lawns
Waste dumped by factories
Acid rain


Visit the River Network to find out more.

An area of land that, due to its natural drainage pattern, collects precipitation and deposits it into a particular body of water
A place the first American settlers would store water
A building constructed around a well
The puddle that forms from uncontrollable crying


Visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Surf Your Watershed website to find out additional information about the watershed you live in.

49,000 miles
57,000 miles
72,000 miles
83,000 miles


Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) has provided information about the importance of our rivers and streams on their web-site. Click here to visit.

Call the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Call your township supervisor
Receive training, become a citizen volunteer and monitor the streams within your watershed
All of the above


Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) has loaded their web-site with information on how to become more involved with monitoring the streams within your watershed.