An overview of looming worldwide fresh water shortages. Facts and figures that tell the story of the causes, impacts, and challenges we will all face in our future as populations grow and water resources change and shift.
24. But… new technology has driven down the cost of desalination. Researchers are now developing three new technologies that require less energy!
25. But, there are side effects Desalination waste,a triple concentrated brine solution, is toxic to sea plants, small sea creatures that other sea animals and species are dependent on.
27. The weight of China’s 3-Gorges Reservoir, will tilt the earth’s axis by nearly an inch.
28. Annually, more than 265 billion gallons of raw sewage were dumped into the Yangtze River and flushed downstream into the ocean.
29. The sewage is now backed up in the reservoir by the Three Gorges Dam.
30. More than 1,600 factories and abandoned mines are now submerged by the Three Gorges Dam.
31. Environmentalists predict that toxins associated with these factories and mines will create a hazard for the animals and people who depend on the river for survival.
32. The Itaipu Dam in South America cost $18 billion and took 17 years to build.
33. Western states, especially California, are under increasing pressure to find new and reliable sources of fresh water.
34. California’s pumps, canals, pipes, dams, and tunnels serve two-thirds of the population.
42. Every week, the world’s decaying infrastructure leaks billions of gallons of water.
43. The 85 mile New York Water Tunnel leaks up to 35 million gallons a day.
44. U.S. pools loose 150 billion gallons of water per year to evaporation.
45. 2 Billion gallons of water is used every day for golf course irrigation in the U.S.
46. 3,000 gallons of water are used for each game of golf played in Florida.
47. In nearly every corner of the world, aquifers are being drained faster than their natural rate of recharge.
48. A growing number of people in the world rely on bottled water for their primary drinking water. The Dominican Republic (67%) and Laos (52%) are the counties with the highest percentage of reliance.
54. You can be part of the solution. Here are a few resources: wateruseitwisely.com watersavingtips.org wikihow.com/Save-Water h2ouse.org bewaterwise.com
55. The Problem with Water Created by Al Bonner – Presentation Transformations
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