The larvae of chiggers do not burrow into a person's skin; they also do not suck a person's blood. Chigger larvae pierce a person's skin and inject the person with a salivary secretion that contains powerful digestive enzymes.
To stay healthy, you need to continually replenish your fluid supply. Experts recommend drinking approximately two quarts (64 ounces or about eight glasses) of water each day. Of course, if you live in an extremely hot or cold area â or if you exercise a lot â you may need to drink a gallon or more of water every day.
As a rough estimate, I'd use these assumptions: 50,000 people there in total; an average of 6 days (some people shorter, a tiny percentage of people MUCH longer), an average of one gallon for drinking a day means: 300,000 gallons of water, and 2,505,000 pounds of water, just for drinking. Excludes cooking, cleaning, bathing, etc.