180 Gallons a Year

One hundred and eighty gallons.  That's how much liquid the average American drinks each year. The question is: 180 gallons of what?

The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch offers the following figures for the year 2011.

Milk (22.9 gallons). Thirty percent less than in 1975.
Juice (5.17 gallons). Declining steadily.
Soft Drinks (44.15 gallons). Down 16 percent in a decade.
Bottled Water (26.27 gallons). Up 56 percent in a decade.

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Juice
Coffee
Soda
Beverages
Artwork: Drinking History
Source: MarketWatch