{"id":2803,"date":"2020-10-28T13:47:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2803"},"modified":"2024-01-24T01:59:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T01:59:11","slug":"water-scarcity-factsheet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/water-scarcity-factsheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Water scarcity factsheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2803\" class=\"elementor elementor-2803\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9de1ed4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9de1ed4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2983 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-an-earthquake\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is an earthquake?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2982 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/earthquake-terms\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Earthquake terms<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2981 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/earthquake-formation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Earthquake formation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2980 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-earthquakes\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of earthquakes<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2979 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-a-tsunami\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is a Tsunami?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2978 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/preparing-for-an-earthquake\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Preparing for an earthquake<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2977 jet-nav__item\"><a 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-167f8d6\" data-id=\"167f8d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-190800f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"190800f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Water scarcity factsheet<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646e9cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"646e9cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Agriculture<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Agriculture is by far the biggest user of water, accounting for almost 70 percent of all withdrawals and up to 95% in developing countries.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The water needed for crops amounts to 1000-3000 cubic meters per tonne of cereal harvested. Put another way, it takes 1\u20133 tonnes of water to grow 1kg of cereal.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The daily drinking water requirements per person are 2-4 liters. However, it takes 2000\u20145000 liters of water to produce a person&#8217;s daily food. \u2014FAO<\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Food Security<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Between now and 2030, the world&#8217;s population is expected to grow by 2 billion people. Feeding this growing population and reducing hunger will only be possible if agricultural yields can be increased significantly and sustainably. With so much of the Earth&#8217;s water being used for agriculture, it is clear that an improvement in the management of agricultural water becomes key to the achievement of global food security.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2892\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/droughts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/droughts.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/droughts-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Water<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One out of every three people is affected by water scarcity. Water researchers believe that the problem is getting worse with urbanization, population growth, industrialization, and competitive commercial activities.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Almost one-fifth of the world&#8217;s population (about 1.2 billion people) live in areas where water is physically scarce. One-quarter of the global population also lives in developing countries that face water shortages due to a lack of infrastructure to fetch water from rivers and aquifers. \u2014WHO\/Water Scarcity\/Fact3<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In many poor and rural communities, people use wastewater to water their crops and farms because there is a water shortage or scarcity. It is believed that 10% of all the foods we eat come from crops cultivated by wastewater. These can contain chemicals or disease-causing organisms.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1.8 billion people now use a source of drinking water contaminated by feces (poop). 80% or more of wastewater returns to the environment without adequate treatment.<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><i>(GLOBAL WATER CRISIS, THE FACTS. Guppy, L., Anderson, K., 2017.<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">ISBN: 978-92-808-6083-2)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80dc87f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80dc87f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our research for this topic included these sources:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ddd9f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ddd9f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GLOBAL WATER CRISIS, THE FACTS. Guppy, L., Anderson, K., 2017. Water Crisis Report. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada. ISBN: 978-92-808-6083-2<\/p><p>http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/3747724.stm<\/p><p>Highlights of GAO-20-128SP, a report to congressional requesters November 2019) Accessed In October 2020. https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/710\/702604.pdf<\/p><p>Facts and figures from The United Nations World Water Development Report 4 Volume 1. Managing water under uncertainty and Risk. WWDR4 http:\/\/www.zaragoza.es\/contenidos\/medioambiente\/onu\/789-eng-ed4-res12.pdf\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">ISBN 978-92-3-104235-5 e-book ISBN 978-92-3-001045-4<\/span><\/p><p>Physical and Economic Water Scarcity: Source: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (2007, map 2.1, p. 63, \u00a9 IWMI, http:\/\/www.iwmi.cgiar.org\/).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-626d133\" data-id=\"626d133\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d691d19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d691d19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab3cbc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab3cbc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-613ca63\" data-id=\"613ca63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24a1bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"24a1bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/preserving-freshwater\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GO BACK<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Scarcity What is an earthquake? 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