Drinking Water Health Advisories
Estimated Per Capita Water Ingestion in the United States
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This report provides current estimates of water ingestion and body weight for the population of the U.S. and selected subpopulations including pregnant women, lactating women and women of child-bearing age. Compared with the previous report, this has 5,000 additional children age 9 and younger.
Report: Estimated Per Capita Water Ingestion and Body Weight in the United StatesAn Update (PDF) (2004; 4 MB, 521 pp.)
Historic Information
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
Estimated Per Capita Water Ingestion in the United States (PDF) (April 2000; 378 K, 50 pp.)