1. Weird and Wonderful Water
Dr Sharon George
Keele University

2. Water footprint
Did you know????
= 170 litres =

3. Water is weird
And thank goodness!
Gas, liquid, solid

4. H2O H

5. Ice Ice Baby
Solids should be more dense than liquids!

6. Water! Water! Everywhere…….
Water makes up around 83% of blood
70 to 75% of the earth is covered in water
Only around 1% is drinkable
Water is a mineral
Water is a fantastic solvent

7. Material World
brick
concrete
glass
glass
textiles
metal
Fibre glass
rubber
tarmac
plastic

8. How does it move?
Rainwater
Rivers
Dust

9. Where does it come from? From underground Concentrated
Made and then dumped

10. The case of fracking
Production well
Borehole

11. Fracking fluid Methanol or ethylene glycol Propant (sand)
Hydrochloric acid
Sodium chloride
Polyacrylamide (lubricant)
Ethylene glycol (prevents scale)
Borate salts
Sodium and potassium carbonates
Disinfectant
Thickening agent (e.g. guar gum)
Citric acid
Isopropanol

12. Eco-chemistry detectives!