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Facts About Water To Celebrate World Water Day

WHY CELEBRATE WORLD WATER DAY? WE NEED WATER TO SURVIVE 75% DEHYDRATION CAN CAUSE MEMORY LOSS AND POOR OF YOUR BODY IS MADE OF WATER BRAIN FUNCTIONING WHEN DEHYDRATED, • RED BLOOD CELLS WITHOUT WATER, YOUR HEART HAS TO PUMP. CANNOT CARRY OXYGEN FASTER TO GET OXYGEN TO YOUR MUSCLES, TO YOUR MUSCLES CAUSING MUSCLE FAILURE WITHOUT WATER, YOUR KIDNEYS FAIL TO CLEANSE THE TOXINS FROM YOUR BLOOD DEHYDRATION CAN CAUSE YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TO STOP WORKING COMPLETELY DEHYDRATION CAUSES BONE AND JOINT DAMAGE, • RESULTING IN ARTHRITIS AND BACK PAIN DEHYDRATION CAN CAUSE WEAKNESS AND FATIGUE THE GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY IS LIMITED 70%. ONLY 2.5% OF THE WORLD'S WATER IS OF THE WORLD's FRESH WATERIS IN ICE FORM OR FRESH WATER AND ONLY PERCENT 01 IS EASILY SNOW GOVER ON MOUNTAINS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE 1 IN 10 PEOPLE LACK WOMEN & CHILDREN SPEND ACCESS TO SAFE WATER 125 MILLION HOURS A DAY COLLECTING WATER 1 IN 3 PEOPLE EVERY 90 SECONDS LACK ACCESS A CHILD DIES FROM A WATER-RELATED DISEASE TO A TOILET WE ARE EXPERIENCING DROUGHTS AROUND THE WORLD M PEOPLE HAVE DIED AS A DIED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF DROUGHT| 11 MILLION IN THE HORN OF AFRICA THERE HAS BEEN 42 DROUGHTS SINCE 1980 THESE DROUGHTS CAUSE FAMINE DEATHS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN 1988, THE US EXPERIENCEDA DROUGHT THAT CAUSED OVER $40 BILLION IN LOSSES THE MILLENNIUM DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA LASTED FROM 1996 TO 2010 AFFECTING ALMOST ALL OF THE SOUTHERN CROPPING ZONES IN 2011, EUROPE EXPERIENCED ITS WORST DROUGHT IN OVER 100 YEARS THE PRICE OF HAY ROSE SO HIGH IN FRANCE THAT SOLDIERS WERE DEPLOYED TO DISTRIBUTE RATIONS TO HUNGRY CATTLE MO. CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA REPRESENT THE LARGEST REGION OF PERSISTENT DROUGHT OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS IN 2015, SOUTH AMERICA EXPERIENCED SUCH A HARSH DROUGHT THAT 20 MILLION PEOPLE UNDERWENT EXTREME WATER RATIONING IN ANTARCTICA, SUMMER MELT HAS INCREASED BY BETWEEN 30% 1979 AND 2006 THIS AFFECTS SEA LEVELS, FRESH WATER AVAILABILITY AND ANIMAL HABITATS THE EARTH IS GETTING WARMER, AND WATER IS IN SHORT SUPPLY THE WORLD POPULATION IS GROWING THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS AT THAT GROWING BY AROUND 83 MILLION PEOPLE EVERY YEAR DEVELOPING BY 2030 COUNTRIES HALF OF THE WILL FEEL MOST OF WORLD WLL BE THE PAIΝ OF THIS LIVING UNDER WATER-STRESSED DEFICIT CONDITIONS WHAT CAN WE DO? CONSERVE WATER BY TURNING ΒYΤΑΚΙNG THE WATER OFF SHORTER WHILE YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH SHOWERS DONATE DONATING TO A Nט WATER REPUTABLE 22 MARCH WORLD WATER ORGANIZATION DAY 2016 WATER AND JOBS CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENT FreshWaterSystems.com serving you since 1989 RATE SINCE 1900, MORE THAN 11 MILLION A

Facts About Water To Celebrate World Water Day

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An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations General Assembly respond...

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