Safe Drinking Water

1. Safe Drinking Water By: Ryley Bailey Jennifer Freiburger Clinton Stephens

2. Objectives • Explanation of how water is essential for life on this planet. • Create an awareness of problems that arise when people lack clean drinking water • How can we help people in need around the world?

3. Water Scarcity • Main problem • Water vs. Population relationship • Enough freshwater for 7 billion people • Distributed unevenly • Wasted • Polluted

4. Water in the United States • The Safe Drinking Water Act? (1974) • Millions of Americans receive high quality drinking water on a daily basis • What are some things we use water for everyday? • ARE WE WASTING WATER? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syvuEB-0Hao (1min)

5. Basic Terms • What is Safe Drinking Water? • Water used for domestic purposes, drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene • What does it means to have access? - less than a kilometer away (.62miles) • Reliable for at least 20 liters per • Member of a household a day.

6. %Population without Access to Safe Drinking Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQK-tKQIq8

7. Around the World • UK- 150 liters per day • France -290 liters • Spain-320 liters • USA-575 liters Under developed countries • Kenya • Niger LESS THEN 100 liters! • Haiti • Uganda

8. World Water Crisis Women and Children walking miles to provide water for the family Water is scarce, and not always the cleanest

9. Importance of safe water • Agriculture • Improves sanitation/hygiene • Hydration and dehydration • Water Aids! • HEALTH-Prevents disease (Diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid)

10. Importance of having access to safe water • Education(increased attendance) • Equal rights (women and children) • Poverty • Essential for life

11. Ending Poverty Begins with Clean Water Symptoms of no clean water • Poor health • Hunger • Lack of Education • Creates a cycle of Poverty

12. The Facts • Water is the most critical nutrient for sustaining life. • Drinking, cooking, bathing • Each person needs 20-50 liters per day or 6-8 cups • 2/3 the human body • More than one in six people worldwide - 894 million don't have access to this amount of safe freshwater.

13. The Facts • 3.4million people die every year from unsafe drinking Water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. -One of the top causes for disease in the world, 2nd biggest killer of children -90% are children under age of 5 • Five times as many children die each year of diarrhea and dehydration as of HIV/AIDS.

14. How can we make a difference? • Help provide Water filtration systems • The classic well • Charities (one dollar) • Manage water use better -don’t leave faucet running -shorter showers -reusable water bottles -never throw water away

15. The water use to population increase relationship has _____ in the last century • Tripled(x3) • Doubled(x2) • Stayed the same

16. Safe water must be ____ away for it to be considered accessible. • 5 kilometers • 10 kilometers • Less than 1 kilometer • 15 kilometers

17. Drinking water is water used for domestic purposes such as drinking, cooking, and personal hygiene. • True • False

18. How much water does a person need a day? • 100 liters • 20-50 liters • 75-100 liters • 100-150 liters

19. 1 out of every six people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water • True • False

20. What does water aid us in? • Digestion • Regulation of body temp • Carries nutrient/removes waste • All of the above

21. On average what % of the body is made up of water • 60% • 50% • 90% • 75%

22. Lacking access to safe drinking water can create a cycle of poverty • True • False

23. What does the Safe Drinking Water Act do for us? • Ensures safe water in U.S. • Provides water for other countries • Sets standards for water quality • All of the above • 1 and 3 only

24. Resources • http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/scarcity.shtml • http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/ • https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-water-developing-world • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQK-tKQIq8 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syvuEB-0Hao