WHY Water??

Water is essential to health, social and economic development

    ·         Over 5,000 children die each day due to dirty water or poor hygiene.

    ·         Half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering water borne diseases.

    ·         Water-related diseases kill one child every 15 seconds.

    ·         1 Dollar invested in water/sanitation returns in 8 Dollars of economic growth.

Water is essential to feed the world

     ·                70% of the world’s water resources are needed for food production.

     ·         Producing food for the increasing world population will require 50% more freshwater.

     ·         Increasing competition for water and inefficient irrigation practices could 
         constrain future food production.

     ·          In many developing nations, irrigation accounts for over 90% of the water withdrawn.        

     ·         The cup of coffee you may drink while reading this page required 140 litres of water. 

Water is essential for agriculture and industry

       ·             Water is used to make every product on Earth. Therefore, all businesses
           and all business sectors depend on it in some way.

       ·        After agriculture, industry is the second largest user of water.

       ·        Water, energy and food are intrinsically linked: water is needed to 
           produce energy, energy is needed to deliver the water needed for food production.