A Peoria citizen uses an average of 145 gallons of water per day.
 

Peoria citizens used 7.4 billion gallons in 2002, enough to fill more than 490,000 backyard swimming pools.
 

Nearly 40% or 3 billion gallons of the water used by Peoria citizens went down the sink or toilet in 2002.
 

Nearly 60% or 4 billion gallons of the water used by Peoria citizens was used outside of their home or business
 

The United States consumes water at twice the rate of other industrialized nations.
 

Most of the world’s people must walk at least 3 hours to fetch water.