1. thirstthemovie.org

2. StoryofStuff.org

3. liters of water
3.2 billion consumed in 2006
liters of water
6.4 billion used to produce
900,000 tons of plastic
2.5 million tons of CO 2
106 billion MJ of energy
(17 million barrels of oil)

4. 28 billion
bottles of water per year
50 million
barrels of oil per year
World on
the Edge

5. plastic
2,000,000 bottles
every5 minutes in
the US
Chris Jordan, Running the Numbers

6. Water

7. Water

8. Less than 0.01%
of the Earth’s water
is fresh and renewed
by the hydrologic cycle.
The
Post Carbon
Reader

9. 97% in oceans
2% in ice caps and glaciers
0.001% in atmosphere
Environmental
Science

10. UNwater.org

12. 2 kWh for 1,000 L
of drinkable water from saltwater
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Reader

13. Beyond drinking,
cooking and cleaning

14. Water Use Worldwide
70% for agriculture
20% for industry
10% for cities and towns
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17. 3,000 liters per day
to satisfy dietary needs
5,000 liters per day
to satisfy US dietary habits
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18. Water Footprint
Total amount of water used
directly and indirectly by a
person, business or nation.

19. Average US resident’s
water footprint
1,800 gallons per day
Twice the global average
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20. Ecosystems Services

21. “Nature is working for you.”

22. Natural processes support
human activities.
at least worth
$33,000,000,000,000
collectively

23. Regulation of water for
storage and access
Treatment of waste
Design
is the
Problem

24. Desalinization

25. 2 kWh
(11.5 Twinkies)
1m 3 water
(1,000L or 264 gallons)

26. plants
1,500 worldwide
m 3 water
15.3Billion per year
worldwide
0.5% water demand

27. Who owns and
controls water?

28. thirstthemovie.org

30. Now what?

31. 97% in oceans
2% in ice caps and glaciers
0.001% in atmosphere
Environmental
Science

32. Less than 0.01%
of the Earth’s water
is fresh and renewed
by the hydrologic cycle.

33. Water Use Worldwide
70% for agriculture
20% for industry
10% for cities and towns

34. Increase the price of water.
Adopt water-efficient crops,
irrigation and industry.
Reduce meat consumption

35. Irrigate more efficiently
drip instead of flood irrigation
Boost yields on rain-fed lands
could meet 75% of world food needs
Choose less water-intensive diets
Use trade to make the
smartest use of local water
water-scarce regions can import food
to conserve water for drinking and
other needs

38. hard-path systems
centralized
few sources
water as a commodity
soft-path systems
decentralized
potentially many sources
water as a service

39. http://www.pacinst.org/topics/
water_and_sustainability/soft_path/index.htm

40. Resilience
“The ability of a system to
recover from perturbation; the
ability to restore, repair or
bounce back after a change
due to an outside force.”

41. “Systems that are resilient
have a greater chance of
lasting, evolving and
responding to change.”