This is a simple guideline that's easy to remember and usually easy to achieve. If you weigh 150 pounds, aim to drink 75 ...

“The majority of people perhaps don’t need to drink eight glasses of water a day,” said Zhang Xueying, the study’s co-first author. In fact, researchers found that less than 45% of daily ...

But a 2022 study published in Science casts doubt on whether people need to drink that much water. “Most people will find that they don’t need eight glasses per day,” Herman Pontzer, co ...

Water-soluble vitamins are necessary for people who are pregnant and for those who are not. Pregnant people may need to consume larger amounts of certain water-soluble vitamins, such as folate.

People will need to use less water in the future or bills will continue to rise, a senior water company boss said. Southern Water said it has cut leaks by nearly 20% over the last year but that ...

It's just another of those long-standing myths people believe because that's what everyone believes. Drinking 64 ounces of water daily isn't bad, but it could be too much or not enough for some ...

Water boss says people need to use less. Image caption, Tim Mcmahon was speaking to BBC South Today on a special programme about water . Published. 1 May 2025.