WATER
DID YOU KNOW
MARCH 22ND WAS WORLD WATER DAY, AND WE’D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW FACTS: For those of us who are fortunate enough to have access to abundance freshwater resources, there are many ways that we take water for granted every day. Over
768,000,000 people in the world do not have this luxury.
7,000,000,000 2,800,000,000 people live on earth today.
65%
of people who lack safe drinking water live on less than $2 a day; 33% live on less than $1 a day.
live in areas of high water stress. That’s 1 in 9 people on earth.
Women spend
200,000,000 By 2030 we will need
30%
hours/day collecting water.
every
only
21
10%
seconds a child dies from a water-related illness.
70%
of our freshwater resources support agriculture.
of global wastewater is treated.
1 lb of chocolate requires
3,170
gallons of water.
1 gallon of coffee requires
880
gallons of water.
1/10
of our global disease burden could by solved by improved water sanitation systems. 1 lb burgers require
1,799
gallons of water.
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS:
more water, 40% more energy, and 50% more food to support our population.
one
5-minute shower equals the daily water supply for 1 person in the developing world.
PUMPMAKERS , www.pumpmakers.com
DIY SOLAR WATER PUMP SYSTEM - The only solar-powered water pump that
requires no maintenance. RAINCHUTES, www.rainchutes.org
RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS USING DECOMMISSIONED VIETNAM-ERA
PARACHUTES - One parachute can harvest 25,000 liters of water/year. This is enough
to provide water for 14 people/day if coupled with basic water storage systems.
18 THE MAP’S EDGE, Spring 2014
You can live
3
days without water.