Water Facts

Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water supplies are available for human consumption. 

60% of an adult’s body is water; 78% of a newborn’s body is water. 

Water is the original health beverage - it contains no fat, calories or cholesterol. 

We work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to ensure you have a ready supply of high quality drinking water. We operate and maintain 3 water treatment plants, 27 pump stations, 38 water storage tanks, 3,572 miles of water lines and nearly 27,000 hydrants. 

CDPU delivers over 51 billion gallons of water a year to 1.25 million people. In an average day, 141 million gallons of water is pumped throughout the city with average usage of over 112 gallons per person per day. 

A watershed(JPG, 361KB) is an area of land that drains all water to a common basin, stream, river or lake. Central Ohio Watershed Map(PDF, 12MB)  

Urbanization and increases in impervious surfaces (hard, non-porous) are significant threats to the protection of high-quality drinking water sources & aquatic habitats. You can take many simple steps at home to protect our water supply. See “Keep It Clean” for more information. 

Benefits of protecting our watershed include: quality drinking water sources, clean rivers for recreation, healthy habitat for plants, fish and animals.