1 / 7

Water Conservation and Consumption…a different story!

Water Conservation and Consumption…a different story!. Sara Syswerda Feb. 24, 2010. What’s the problem?. Globally this is an issue, too. . The major concerns: . Inadequate access to safe drinking water for about 884 million people

ryo
Download Presentation

Water Conservation and Consumption…a different story!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Water Conservation and Consumption…a different story! Sara Syswerda Feb. 24, 2010

  2. What’s the problem?

  3. Globally this is an issue, too.

  4. The major concerns: • Inadequate access to safe drinking water for about 884 million people • Inadequate access to water for sanitation and waste disposal for 2.5 billion people • Groundwateroverdrafting (excessive use) leading to diminished agricultural yields • Overuse and pollution of water resources harming biodiversity • Regional conflicts over scarce water resources sometimes resulting in warfare

  5. It’s not what you think! • Our energy system is responsible for 39 percent of our entire fresh water use, our farms use 40 percent, and our factories use about 5 percent. • Households consumption make up less than 15% of the total water usage, but our use of other products/services is the bigger issue!

  6. Let’s think about consumption… • For example, the average American today uses about 5 times as much electricity as Americans did 50 years ago. • Similarly, the average single-family house in 1950 was less than half of the size of one these days. • And our food consumption is even more shocking: on average Americans today eat about 600 more calories per day than we did in 1970.

More Related