Growing Demand of Water

THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS A Threat You Don't See Yet Not many people realize that fresh water is only a mere 2.5% of worlds water. With the world population expected to increase by a billion by 2025 and continuously increasing industrial usage, fresh water demand will continue to grow. Limited Supply Growing Demand Since 1960's Arctic's glaciers have shrunk up to 1% In 40 years world population 2X of world's fresh water 40% is easily accessible has increased 2X 14X 29% Use of fresh water has increased 4X of world's fresh water is underground World population is using 54% of available fresh water 54% 70% of world's fresh water is in ice form In 2025 – 1 trillion cubic meter water would be needed for agriculture only 1.8 billion people would be living with absolute water scarcity CURRENT WATER USAGE 80 70% is used by irrigation 70 70% 60 50 22% is used by industries 40 30 8% is used for domestic purpose 20 22% 8% 10 The daily drinking requirement per person is 0.5 to 1 gallon It takes 500 -1,400 gallons of water to produce one persons daily food intake It takes over 400 gallons of water to raise, feed, water and process one pound of meat It takes 20-60 gallons of water to power a 100 watt light bulb for 10 hours It takes over 39,000 gallon of water to make a new car Currently 80% of agriculture is rain fed, by 2025 this percentage is expected to drop to 50%