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var n = Math.random() * 15
//var a = Math.random() + ""
var rand1 = Math.ceil(n) //a.charAt(5)
quotes = new Array
quotes[1] = "Just 3 percent of the world’s water exists as fresh water—2 percent is locked in the polar ice caps; less than 1 percent resides in freshwater lakes and streams."
quotes[2] = "The Great Lakes contain an estimated 5,500 cubic miles (22,700 cubic kilometers) of water—a fifth of all the liquid surface fresh water on Earth."
quotes[3] = "The United States draws more than 40 billion gallons (151 million liters) of water from the Great Lakes every day—half of which is used for electrical power production."
quotes[4] = "More than 24 million - The number of Canadians who receive municipal drinking water."
quotes[5] = "About 4,000 - The number of municipal water treatment plants in Canada that treat drinking water taken from lakes, rivers and groundwater sources."
quotes[6] = "Less than 3% - The amount of municipally-treated water that is used for drinking."
quotes[7] = "1.5 litres - The amount of water the average adult drinks daily, including water used in drinks such as coffee, tea and juice."
quotes[8] = "21.4 litres - The amount of bottled water the average Canadian drank in 1997."
quotes[9] = "343 litres - The amount of water the average Canadian used daily inside the home in 1998. Most indoor water is used in the bathroom."
quotes[10] = "50% - The percentage of all municipally-treated water used up during the summer months by people watering their lawns and gardens."
quotes[11] = "20% - The percentage of all municipal drinking water lost to leaks."
quotes[12] = "30% - The percentage of Canadians who rely on groundwater for domestic use."
quotes[13] = "1-2 million - The number of water wells currently in use in Canada."
quotes[14] = "22 million - The number of Canadians who use municipal sewer systems."
quotes[15] = "6% - The percentage of Canadians who lived in municipalities with sewers containing wastewater that received no treatment before being discharged into the environment in 1996. This was down from 28 per cent in 1983."
var quote = quotes[rand1]
//debug
//document.write("<p style=\"color:#818181; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14pt;\" id=\"didyouknow\">" + "[n=" + n + " rand value=" + rand1 + "] " + quote + "</p>");
//end debug
document.write("<p style=\"color:#818181; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 14pt;\" id=\"didyouknow\">" + quote + "</p>");
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