global water. how do people in different cultures access water around the world? is the water always...
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Global Water
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• How do people in different cultures access water around the world?
• Is the water always clean?• What are the consequences of having unsafe
drinking water?
Photo: Julien Harneis
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Many people in the developing world are still without adequate
water and sanitation.
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• Examples include: – diarrhoeas and dysenteries– cholera– giardiasis – amoebic dysentery– typhoid– hepatitis A
• Disease toll: 5 million children under the age of five die annually of dehydration caused by diarrhoea. Around 100 million people suffer diarrhoea at any one time. (Source: New Internationalist)
Oral-faecal diseases
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How much water do we use?
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Australia:150 – 300L per day
Developing countries:9 – 25L per day
Photo: Richard Giles
Photo: Living Water International
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A person needs 5 litres a day for drinking and cooking…
Photo: Living Water International
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Photo: World Bank
…and 25 litres per day to stay clean.
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Two thirds of the world’s households use a water source outside the home…
Photo: World Bank
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…and the water haulers are invariably women.
Photos: World Bank
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Most women can only carry 15 litres comfortably…
Photo: Living Water International
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Photo: Julien Harneis
18 litre plastic jerry cans now commonly in use weigh 20kg!
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Photo: World Bank
It is not uncommon for women in some parts of Africa to spend five hours a day hauling water.
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Problem: Well, well, well?
1. Calculate how long it would take to fill a 9L bucket of water and walk 100m and back.
2. Calculate the average daily water use for your family.
Hint: Approx. 175L per person per day.
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3. Imagine YOU are the water carrier!
Calculate how long it would take you to carry the water your house uses each day from the well.
Photo: Living Water International
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Questions?