Life cannot exist without water…

1. Life cannot exist without water…

2. But every day finding useable water is the primary concern of millions of people….

3. Water scarcity affects every continent… …and 4 out of every 10 people in the world

4. On average, women in Africa and Asia have to walk 3.7 miles a day Just to get enough water to last for 24 hours

5. Lack of sanitation is killer Every year in Africa, 5-10 times the number of people die from diarrhea than from war

6. We stop thinking about the water that we use A five minute shower in an American household will use more water than a person living in a third world country will use in an entire day

7. Just $1 can provide clean water for a child in a developing country for an entire year That’s less than you spend on buying a single bottle of water…

8. At any given time… More than half the worlds poor are ill due to inadequate sanitation, water or hygiene

9. Millions of people read the New York times every day It takes 81 gallons to make just one Sunday newspaper That’s 568 gallons per week for one household to get the news every day

10. Over 1.5 BILLION people do not have access to clean water

11. Half the world’s schools do not have adequate sanitation… …or clean water

12. It takes around 3,000 gallons to produce just 1 pound of coffee the average American drinks 3.1 cups of coffee a day 1 lbs of coffee makes 64 cups That means every 21 days the average coffee drinking uses 3,000 gallons of water

13. A child dies of water born disease about every 15 seconds… That’s around 10 children since this powerpoint started…. And by this time tomorrow, 2500 more will be dead

14. Of the 2.5% of Earths surface that is fresh water, only 0.006% is available in the world Something must change in the way that we manage our resources Emma Dietz and Sam Provet