Fact of Fiction: The World Water Crisis

There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was formed.

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90% of the human body is water

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Water is made of two elements, Hydrogen and Oxygen = H2O.

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The average person in the United States uses about 10 gallons of water a day.

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Showering for 10 minutes uses about 20-50 gallons of water.

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A person can live only about 1 week (7 days) without water.

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Humans can drink salt and fresh water.

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An estimated 1.8 billion people (25% of the world's population) do not have toilets.

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800 million people around the world are without basic water access. That’s more than double (2x) the population of the United States.

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Diarrheal disease from dirty water kills one (1) child every day.

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