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10.5 million known km³ without reusing any water = consumption of 16.3 trillion people in one year. Assuming the population stabilizes at 10 billion people in 2050, we have water for 1600 years yet.
WHERE WATER IS USED
69%: Agriculture
Minimum volume of water to produce 1 kg of food
15 000 L – Beef
3 500 L – Poultry
1 900 L – Rice
1 100 L – Sorghum
900 L – Wheat
500 L – Potato
21%: Industry
(How much water is used in the industry – m³/inhabitant)
2102 – Guyana
1716 – Iraq
1104 – Ecuador
1033 – Bulgaria
1026 – Canada
942 – Iran
779 – USA
553 – India
502 – France
62 – Brazil
10%: Home use
What it is used for:
5% Cleaning
10% Cooking and drinking
20% Laundry
30% discharge
35% Personal hygiene (bath)
LACK OR ABUNDANCE?
INSUFFICIENT WATER – 34.7%
China, Spain, United Kingdom, Iran, Botswana, Pakistan…
WATER AT THE LIMIT – 24.5%
Germany, India, Ukraine, South Africa, South Korea…
SCARCE WATER
Kenya, Somalia, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Hungary…
RELATIVE SUFFICIENCY – 16.7%
Argentina, USA, Japan, Portural, Greece, Cuba…
ABUNDANT WATER – 16.3%
Brazil, Chile, Canada, Australia, Russia…
HOW MUCH DOES A LITER OF WATER COST?
Percentage of salary spent on water, 2003 data
Tanzania: 5.7%
Pakistan: 1.1%
United Kingdom: 0.013%
USA: 0.006%
BEYOND THE BORDER
Percentage of renewable water coming from outside the country
Kuwait: 100%
Egypt: 97%
Bahrain: 97%
Turkmenistan: 97%
Mauritania: 96%
Hungary: 94%
Moldova: 91%
Netherlands: 88%
Brazil: 34%