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toc 70% of water world-wide is used for/by __agriculture__. 20% of water world-wide is used for/by __industry__. 10% of water world-wide is used for/by __us__.
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What is in our water? --> Industrail Chemicials --> Rocket Fuel --> Pesticides --> Certain Pharmaceutical Drugs; discharged from animal factories, sewage plants, etc.

What is Cholera? -->An infectious disease characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.

About how much water does a ordinary person requrier per day? ---> about a gallon a day

In the morning, instead of a 10 minute shower using 38 gallons, what should you do. How much are you using? ---> have a 10 minute low-flow shower, 23 gallons

At lunch, what should you have. How much water are you saving? ---> 16 oz. water, mixed salad. You have saved 85 gallons

For dinner, you should have a 1/3 lb.__Steak__ plus a baked __Potato__.

How much water have you saved during the day? --->1213 Gallons

What's causing communities to run dry? --->Fossil fuels being burned.

On the Responses to the Issues page, what year is the information gather in? --->2004

What do people use alot of water on? --->food, paper, cotten clothes

What does the Water Footprint define? --->as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business.

What did Professor Arjen Y. Hoekstra say about the consumption and water use? --->The interest in the water footprint is rooted in the recognition that human impacts on freshwater systems can ultimately be linked to human consumption, and that issues like water shortages and pollution can be better understood and addressed by considering production and supply chains as a whole

Does water management effect all Canadian? yes or no??!! ---> yes

What are Water Pathogens? ---> A desease caused micro-organisms and viruses that can occur in water

The government is working with _ and our science is benefiting _!