Facts, Figures and Perspectives
on Water
Facts, Figures and Perspective on Water.
Did you know?
- That 2003 is the International Year of Fresh Water.
- That 1.2 billion people have no access to clean water.
- That 2.5 billion people lack basic sanitation.
- That unless action is taken two-thirds of the world's population will lack access to clean water by the year 2032.
Did you know?
- Only 2.5 percent of the waters of the world are fresh water.
- That the demand for water is doubling every 21 years.
- That access to water is very inequitable.
- That polluted water causes the death of 6000 children each day.
- That 2 billion people are now dependent on groundwater.
- That once polluted it takes over 1,000 years flush out an aquifer.
- That there are thousands of human created chemicals many of them cancer-causing and endocrine blockers now in our aquatic environment.
Did you know?
- Competition for water is a major irritant in the relationship between many countries.
- That a World Bank official predicted that the wars of the 21st century would be over water.
Did you know?
- That pollution is a growing problem in Irish rivers and Lakes.
- That according to the Three Rivers Project the water quality in the Suir has continued to deteriorate.
- That groundwater in Ireland and in North and South Tipperary is polluted, especially with faecal coliforms.
- That Ireland is in breach of the EU Water Directive.
- That the European Court of Justice ruled against Ireland in November 2002.
Did you know?
- That water plays a central role in Judeo-Christian teaching and ritual. In Genesis, Exodus, Ezekiel, John's Gospel and the Book of Revelation.