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Some facts about water

31/03/2014
by Γιάννης Μπουζάνας

The Earth contains 366,000,000,000,000,000,000 gallons or 1,385,000,000,000,000,000,000 liters of water.


Only 0.007% of it is drinkable.
Today, 7 billion people share this valuable asset.
The ice in Kilimanjaro has shrunk by 85% in the last 100 years.
The Aral Sea was once the second largest lake in Asia. Now it is one-tenth the size its was 50 years ago.
Mexico City groundwater depletion sank the city by 9 meters. 2 million people lack access to water through water pipes.
1.2 billion people do not have access to clean water.
A cup of coffee from Starbucks needs 140 liters of water. One burger in a popular fast-food chain needs about 10 tons of water to be produced.
In the last century, the population of the Earth has tripled.
Water consumption has increased by 6 times!
More people have a mobile phone than access to clean water!
Water consumption in America is 571 liters per person per day.
In Europe, a person consumes 250 liters per day.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the average per capita consumption is 19 liters per day.
Water sustains agriculture, industry, energy and ultimately life!

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