Recent Examples of scrunchie from the Web. Every scrunchie, every record store world-music listening station, every manual car window, and every pay phone serves as a reminder that even the very recent past is a foreign country.
Groundwater is tapped through wells placed in water-bearing soils and rocks beneath the surface of the earth. Of the total 341 billion gallons of fresh water the United States withdraws each day, groundwater is estimated to be 79.6 billion gallons, or 23 percent.
With a heat wave gripping much of the country, many people are guzzling more water than usual to try to stay cool and hydrated. The convention wisdom says we should be downing eight glasses of water a day. But that number isn't based on any scientific studies, and doctors say it's not necessarily the best advice. A new article published in the Harvard Health Letter recommends drinking 30 to 50 ounces a day, an amount equal to about four to six glasses of water.