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Global Water

Global Water. How do people in different cultures access water around the world? Is the water always clean? What are the consequences of having unsafe drinking water?. Photo: Julien Harneis. Many people in the developing world are still without adequate water and sanitation.

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Global Water

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  1. Global Water

  2. How do people in different cultures access water around the world? • Is the water always clean? • What are the consequences of having unsafe drinking water? Photo: Julien Harneis

  3. Many people in the developing world are still without adequate water and sanitation.

  4. Oral-faecal diseases • Examples include: • diarrhoeas and dysenteries • cholera • giardiasis • amoebic dysentery • typhoid • hepatitis A • Disease toll: 5 million children under the age of five die annually of dehydration caused by diarrhoea. Around 100 million people suffer diarrhoea at any one time. (Source: New Internationalist)

  5. How much water do we use?

  6. Australia: 150 – 300L per day Developing countries: 9 – 25L per day Photo: Living Water International Photo: Richard Giles

  7. A person needs 5 litres a day for drinking and cooking… Photo: Living Water International

  8. …and 25 litres per day to stay clean. Photo: World Bank

  9. Two thirds of the world’s households use a water source outside the home… Photo: World Bank

  10. …and the water haulers are invariably women. Photos: World Bank

  11. Most women can only carry 15 litres comfortably… Photo: Living Water International

  12. 18 litre plastic jerry cans now commonly in use weigh 20kg! Photo: Julien Harneis

  13. It is not uncommon for women in some parts of Africa to spend five hours a day hauling water. Photo: World Bank

  14. Calculate how long it would take to fill a 9L bucket of water and walk 100m and back. Calculate the average daily water use for your family. Hint: Approx. 175L per person per day. Problem: Well, well, well?

  15. 3. Imagine YOU are the water carrier! Calculate how long it would take you to carry the water your house uses each day from the well. Photo: Living Water International

  16. Questions?

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