How water supply is linked to development
- Created by: Amy Brown
- Created on: 04-06-14 20:27
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- How water supply is linked to development
- Water insecurity means not having access to sufficient, safe water
- Around 20 developing countries are classified as water scarce - occurs for 2 main reasons
- Economic scarcity - people cannot afford water - even when readily available
- Around 20 developing countries are classified as water scarce - occurs for 2 main reasons
- Water Poverty Index (established in 2002) uses 5 parameters
- Resources - the quantity of surface and ground water per person and its quality
- Access- the time and distanced involved in obtaining sufficient and safe water
- Capacity- how well the community manages its water
- Use- how economically water is used in the home and by agriculture and industry
- Environment - ecological sustainability (green water - fresh water takes from rainwater stores in the soil as soil moisture
- Lack of water hampers attempts to reduce poverty and encourage development. Improved water supply can increase food production, bring better health, and provide better standards of wellbeing
- Canada
- Each household uses 800 liters per person per day
- Water used for lawns, parks and swimming pools
- Issues of rising water bills and leakages
- WPI = 78
- Water use agricultural = 12%
- Water use industrial = 69%
- Water use domestic = 20%
- GNI per person $33,170
- Ethiopia
- Each person uses 1 liter per day
- Water is fetched daily from a shared source
- Issues of water shortages, pollution and risk of disease
- WPI=45
- Water use agricultural =93%
- Water use industrial=6%
- Water use domestic =1%
- GNI per person $170
- Water insecurity means not having access to sufficient, safe water
- Around 20 developing countries are classified as water scarce - occurs for 2 main reasons
- Economic scarcity - people cannot afford water - even when readily available
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