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did you know?
All people are dependent on water for the most basic elements in their every day lives. However, as often as we use and need water, how often are we aware of its importance?
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Why Water
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women and children
Women bear the heaviest water burden within society as they must find water to accomplish a variety of functions such as food preparation, cleaning, and washing.
Retrieving the water necessary to carry out these functions is often a dangerous and risky task, easily making women vulnerable to sickness, danger of sexual harassment, rape, and other forms of gender-violence, and reduces the amount of time they have for other activities (i.e. work and other productive labor, education, and leisure). -
Living and Health
87% of the world’s population now uses improved drinking water sources, but only 62% is estimated to have access to improved sanitation facilities.
One of the many consequences of unclean water and poor sanitation is illness and disease. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and diseases such as diarrhea and cholera. -
Climate Change
Climate change is exacerbating water problems. Freshwater resources are diminishing due to human activities. The melting of snow and glaciers cause a rise in sea level, and salt water mixes with freshwater supplies leading to contamination.
Other water-related disasters include desertification and deforestation. All of these environmental changes can result in people losing their families, homes, land and even countries could disappear.
