“Billions of people lack clean water,”
“Approximately 140 litres of water to produce a cup of coffee – it can be think about ahead of world water day, which falls on Friday.”
“Closer to 844 million people live without clean water today and the figure is likely to rise in the future, according to a report from the british organisation Wateraid.”
“Here are a few tips on how to reduce their water consumption:”
“* Take short showers instead of bathing in the bath. A bath requires approximately 150 litres of water compared with a femminutersdusch requiring approximately 45 gallons of water.”
“* do not Brush your teeth with the water running. You can save almost 3,000 gallons of water per year, corresponding to approximately sek 250.”
“* Cook unnecessary leaks and dripping faucets. Over time, many cubic meters go to waste. A faucet that drips easily makes off with almost 100 liters of water per day.”
“* Have a pitcher of water in the fridge so you won’t have the flushing away several gallons of water to get cold water out of the faucet.”
“* do not Water with the drinking water.”
“IN the UN’s global goals for sustainable development, adopted in 2016 increased the ambition for people to access clean water. Three new requirements:”
“1. Water should be available at the residence.”
“2. The asset should be constant.”
“3. The water will keep sufficiently good quality according to the stipulated limits.”
“the 71 percent of the world’s population has access to clean water, but 29 per cent (2.1 billion people) lack access to clean water according to this definition. Of them are forced closer to the 160 million people fetch water from open sources like river and ponds.”
“Four billion people live today in areas where there is a shortage of water – a figure that is expected to increase to five billion by the year 2050, according to Wateraid.”
“Every year die around 531 000 children under five years in diarrhoeal diseases – more than 800 children each day. Most of these deaths are due to a lack of clean water and lack of hygiene, according to figures from the UN agency, Unicef.”
“According to the UN’s global goals for sustainable development, all people everywhere in the world have access to clean water by 2030.”
“how much water is needed to produce different foods:”
“A pound of beef: 16 000 litres”
“One kilo of cheese: 5 000 litres”
“One kilo of rice: 2 700 litres”
“A burger: 2 400 litres”
“One kilo of avocados: 2 000 litres”
“A cup of coffee: 140 liters”
“A glass of wine: 120 litres”
“One kilo of avocados: 2 000 litres of water”
“Source: Wwf”
