Water, the Miracle of Life Series Five - Water for Commerce and Industry (Hardcover)

Besides being vital for human survival, water is also necessary in Commerce and Industry. Commercial operations are those that generally do not manufacture products, but provide services, such as hospitals, restaurants, and schools. Industry involves manufacturing products.
In industry, water keeps machinery needed for making products, run smoothly and efficiently. Water is also vital in making products, such as cosmetics, beverages, medicine, clothing; in oil drilling, fisheries, mining, building, meat processing, generate electricity, farming, transportation, pulp and paper industry, steel industry , just to mention a few.
Industries require large supplies of water to cool Machineries to a temperature that allows the manufacturing process to keep going. Water is also used to clean machinery, and wash buildings.
Water is essential to daily lives of people. Without water, restaurants could not supply meals or even clean up after, cars would go unwashed, fires would be disastrous, with no means of dousing the blaze. Green parks, recreational fields, and golf courses rely on water to keep the grass and soil moist and healthy. Roadways would become dirty and grimy in the absence of any water-based cleaning program. Offices would grind to a halt with no water available for drinking, bathrooms, and office buildings. Stores, public and private centers, homes, would also be dark places without water, to generate electricity.
In the United States, the total amount of fresh and salt water used every day by industry is nearly 410 billion gallons...