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1. WATER FACTS AND FIGURES
Water use
The world uses:
70%
22%
8%
freshwater for irrigation
freshwater for industry
freshwater for domestic use
By 2025, water withdrawals are predicted to increase by:
18%
50%
in developed countries
in developing countries
By 2025
2/3
of the world population
could be under stress
conditions caused by water
scarcity
1800 million people will be
living in countries or regions
with absolute water scarcity
Did you know that:
the world's six billion people are
using 54% of all accessible
freshwater contained in rivers, lakes
and underground aquifers
54%
the volume of freshwater
resources is around 35 million
km3, or about 2.5% of the
total volume which is 1.4 billion
km3
2.5%
70%
about 24 million km3 or 70% of
freshwater resources is in the form
of ice and permanent snow cover
in mountainous regions, the
Antarctic and Arctic regions
Drinking water and sanitation
Did you know that:
the UN suggests that we need
20-50 litres of safe freshwater a
day for drinking, cooking and
cleaning
20-50L
more than one in six people
worldwide - 894 million - don't
have access to 20-50 litres of
safe freshwater a day
the daily drinking water
requirement per person is 2-4 litres,
but it takes 2000 to 5000 litres of
water to produce one person's daily
food
2000-5000L
2.5 billion people, including
almost one billion children, live
without basic sanitation.
every 20 seconds, a child dies as
a result of poor sanitation. That's
1.5 million preventable deaths
each year
globally, diarrhea is the leading cause
of illness and death, and 88% of
diarrhea deaths are due to a lack of
access to sanitation facilities, together
with inadequate availability of water
for hygiene and unsafe drinking water.
Water pollution, environmental degradation and disasters
Did you know that:
in developing countries,
70% of industrial wastes are
dumped into waters where
they pollute the usable
water supply
every day, 2 million
tons of human waste
are disposed of in
water courses
between 1991 and 2000, over
665,000 people died in 2,557
natural disasters of which 90
percent were water-related
events.
since 1900 we've lost half
of the world's wetlands
Water footprints
Did you know that we need:
140 litres of water for a
cup of coffee
13 litres of water of a
tomato
170 litres of water
of a glass of
orange juice
25 litres of water for
a potato
35 litres of water of
a cup of tea
184 litres of water
for a bag of
potato
70 litres of water
for an apple
200 litres of water
for a glass
of milk
75 litres of water
for a glass of beer
2400 litres of water
for a
hamburger
16000 litres of
water is
needed to
produce one
kilogram of beef
120 litres of
water for a glass
of wine
Source:
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised agency of the United Nations
http://www.ifad.org/english/water/key.htm
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