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Water conservation can be defined as practices, techniques, and technologies that
improve the efficiency of water use. Increased efficiency expands the use of the water resource, freeing up water supplies
for the other uses, such as population growth, new industry, and environmental conservation.
- American Water Works
Association
ONE PLANET... MANY, MANY PEOPLE...
- World Population is currently 6 billion people.
- It is predicted that the World Population will
be approximately up to 10.7 billion people by 2050.
- Water regulates the Earth's temperature.
- The United
States uses roughly 450 billion gallons of water every day
SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED! TODAY'S WATER IS YESTERDAY'S WATER...
- The water on the Earth's surface totals about 362 trillion gallons
- 97% of all the water on Earth is salt water
- 2% is fresh water but it is frozen in ice caps and glaciers
- 1% of all the water on Earth is fresh and available for use
- The five Great Lakes represent about 95% of all fresh water above ground in the United States
...IMAGINE... IF THERE WAS NO MORE WATER...
Most of Earth's rivers stressed, report warns,"Water will not be easily available to support both the new
generations and the socioeconomic development being sought after."
The World's most valuable resource, fresh water, is facing greater stress as we enter the
21st century, with more than half of all major rivers taxed by pollution, human overuse or both.
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