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from groundwater and surface storage. Many great rivers have drastically
diminished flows.
Demand for food and fiber is estimated to increase by 70% by mid-century when the world`s population is estimated to reach nine billion; without involvement untenable pressure on water resources in many areas will endanger water and food security.
Water Stats
Of all the water on Earth, 97.5% is salt water, leaving only 2.5% as fresh water.
Almost 70% of that fresh water is frozen in solid in Antarctica`s and Greenland`s ice caps, and the majority of the remainder is in the earth`s soil or lies as groundwater in deep underground aquifers.
1. Bahrain 2. Qatar
3. Kuwait
4. Libya 5. Djibouti
Poverty/ Drought
The lack of fresh water in 3rd world countries also contributes to food
insecurity and malnutrition. This can result in poor or failed harvests which in
turn result in food scarcity and high prices of the available food. Drought is now the most common cause of food shortages in the world. In 2006, recurrent drought caused crop failures and heavy livestock losses in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.
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The UN indicates that each individual needs 20-50 liters of water a day to make sure their primary needs for drinking, food preparation and cleaning. More than one in six people worldwide (894 million) don`t have access to improved water sources.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. households waste 1.25 trillion gallons of water each year. Around 30% of the water an average American use is used for outdoor, mainly just to water their lawn and flower bed. Garden hose spray around 10 gallons of water per minute, so using around 150 gallons of water in one wash isn`t difficult at all. More that one-fourth of all the water we use worldwide is taken to grow over one billion tons of food that nobody eats.
Worldwide, diarrhea is the leading cause of sickness and loss of life, and 88% of diarrheal fatalities are due to a lack of access to cleanliness features, together with insufficient access to water for cleaning and risky drinking water.
Today 2.5 billion people, including almost one billion children, live without even basic sanitation. Every 20 seconds, a child dies as a result of poor sanitation. That`s 1.5 million preventable deaths each year.
Water Cooperation
1989-1992- Water Convention plans negotiated. 1994 Recommendation to UNECE Governments on the Prevention of Water