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Water use and problems in developing countries

Bibliography

Statistics

Plan Canada. 2012. <http://plancanada.ca/Page.aspx?pid=3199&WT.mc_id=AQFY11PSGS38&gclid=CLH4lsDe8rMCFYVFMgodFTQAMQ >

  • Everyday 4500 kids under the age of 5 die because of water related illnesses.

WaterAid America.

<http://www.wateraidamerica.org/what_we_do/statistics.aspx?gclid=clrbyj738rMCFSpnOgod//wAjA >

How can students help?

  • Half the worlds hospital beds are being used by people who are suffering from water related diseases. (Jen)

What are some solutions to this issue?

Web Of Creation.

<http://www.webofcreation.org/Earth%20Solutions/Water.htm>

Global Water. 2003. 2011

<http://www.globalwater.org/>

Students can collect money and donate it to an organization that travels to developing countries and installs water systems. Or to prevent that problem from happening in our country they can go around picking up garbage, which would make a difference.

(Dan)

In order to get rid of this issue people need to start disposing of their garbage properly, in foreign countries this may be hard but if someone took initiative and started a place where everyone put their garbage so it would all be in one place instead of all over the streets, where it will get washed into lakes and rivers.

(Dan)

By: Danielle Muehlegg & Jenna Waslowski

Who is affected by this issue?

Who created this issue?

There is no one in particular to blame for this issue. But there are many factors that contribute to this problem. For example, there is not proper waste disposal in many developing countries so people just leave their garbage on the streets and it all gets washed into rivers, and lakes. Which makes the water not safe to drink, because many chemicals and toxins are now in the water. There is not a lot of non-salt water in developing countries to begin with and the little non-salt water that is there is polluted. This is a huge problem since people need water to survive.

(Dan)

A lot of people are affected by this water issue. Water is a necessity for life. Humans cannot live without it, therefore we should be taking this problem more seriously. Canada is lucky because we have lots of fresh water within our country and we always have running water that is clean and healthy for us to drink. But the way Canadians use water, eventually there will not be enough. So this may become a big issue for us as well. But other developing countries are dealing with that problem as we speak, they already don't have enough water. They have limited fresh water and the water that is there is full of chemicals and toxins. Many humans in developing countries - Africa, Asia and the Caribbean - die due to water related illnesses. Eventually this problem will affect everybody.

(Jenn)

(jenn)

Interesting Facts

  • Throughout the whole world, 738 million people don't have access to clean healthy water, which is 11% of the worlds population.
  • Only 25$ can give somebody unlimited safe healthy water. (Jen)

What is the issue?

Another solution

People from more wealthy countries such as Canada or The United States could join organizations or even just donate to them this way people could go over and install water systems in communities where there is no clean water for miles. This way there would be clean water for them to use and drink. Even though it's only helping out one community it makes a difference. If everybody did this, this water problem would become way less of an issue. (Jen)

The issue in developing countries is there is not enough clean, healthy water for everyone to use. And the water that is there is polluted and not filtered and it makes the majority of the people sick and even kills some of them if they don't get proper treatment.

(jenn )

Statistics

  • 80% of diseases that people get in developing countries are related to poor water and sanitation.

You can donate at this website below :

This organization matches every donation that is made.

http://plancanada.ca/Page.aspx?pid=3199&WT.mc_id=AQFY11PSGS38&gclid=CLH4lsDe8rMCFYVFMgodFTQAMQ

  • Each flush of a toilet uses the same amount of water that one person in a developing country uses in one day to do all their washing, cleaning, cooking and drinking.
  • (Dan)
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