· 75% of
our earth is covered with water yet 1.4 billion people live without clean
drinking water [Source: savethewater.org]
· About 6800 gallons of water is required to grow a day’s food for a
family of four members [Source: savethewater.org]
· Every eight seconds a child dies from drinking dirty water [Source:
savethewater.org]
· Given the current scenario, two-thirds of the world population will face
water scarcity by 2025 [Source: savethewater.org]
· Compared to today, five times more of land in the world will be affected
by drought by 2025 [Source: savethewater.org]
· It takes upto 5000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of rice [Source:
savethewater.org]
· Running the tap while brushing our teeth can waste four gallons of water
[Source: chelseagreen.com]
· Older western toilets can use three gallons of clean water with every
flush, while new toilets use as little as one gallon [Source: chelseagreen.com]
· Leaking taps that drip at the rate of one drop per second can waste upto
2700 gallons of water each year [Source: chelseagreen.com]
· About 95% of our household water being used goes down the drain [Source:
chelseagreen.com]
· A leaking tap can waste 100 gallons of water a day [Source: sscwd.org]
· By 2025, water withdrawals will increase by 50% in developing countries
[Source: ifad.org]
· By 2025, water withdrawals will increase by 18% in developed countries
[Source: ifad.org]
· Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of poor sanitation. It
accounts to 1.5 million deaths/year [Source: ifad.org]
· A dairy cow drinks 4 gallons of water to produce 1 gallon of milk
[Source: sscwd.org]
· Almost 800 million people lack access to clean safe water everyday
[Source: treehugger.com]
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