In sub-Saharan Africa, women spend 15-17 hrs/week collecting water.
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Fact 1
443 million school days are lost eachyear due to water-related illnesses that
keep children out of school andcompromise their ability to learn when
they do attend.
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Fact 2
Each American uses enough water tofill 1600 drinking glasses a day.
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Fact 3
Around 2.6 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation globally.
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Fact 4
Nearly 14,980 gallons of water a year per household leaks down the
drain & is never used in the US.
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Fact 5
Most of the 1.1 billion categorized as lacking access to clean water use
about 1.3 gallons per day, less than one flush of toilet in the U.S.
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Fact 6
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50% of all schools in the world don’thave freshwater or adequate sanitation.
Fact 7
U.S. water consumption can reach 100 gallons per person, 8 times that
of an Indian household.
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Fact 8
It takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of coffee.
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Fact 9
The amount of water used by a sprinkler in one hour is equal to the
daily water needs of a family of four.
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Fact 10
Diarrhea is the 2nd largest cause of child mortality.
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Fact 11
A five minute shower uses 10-25 gallons of water.
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Fact 12
On average, women in Africa and Asia walk 3.7 miles to collect water.
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Fact 13
America uses 408 billion gallons a day
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Fact 14
The weight of water containers that women in Asia & Africa carry on their heads equals the baggage
weight allowed by airlines.
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Fact 15
In sub-Saharan Africa, a baby’s chance of dying from diarrhea is
almost 520 times the chance of that in Europe or the United States.
Fact 16
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A child dies every 15 seconds of waterborne diseases.
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Fact 17
80% of all sickness in the developing world is due to water-related disease.
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Fact 18
The simple act of washing hands at critical times can reduce the number
of diarrheal cases by up to 35%.
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Fact 19
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98 percent of water-related deaths occur in the developing world.
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