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jcowaquiz2014-2015
Food and water: UN fact sheets
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many ppl do not have access to clean water? | 780 million |
| How many ppl do not have access to adequate sanitation? | 2.5 billion |
| How many ppl live in extreme poverty? | 1.2 billion |
| How many transboundary river basins are in the world? | 276 |
| How many transboundary aquafers are in the world? | 200 |
| How many agreements on water have been made between countries from 1820 and 2007? | Almost 450 |
| About how many people will be in the world in 2050% | 9 billion = 60% more food and 19% in agricultural water consumption |
| Global water withdrawls? | 70% agriculture, 10% domestic, and 20% industry |
| How many liters a day does a person drink? | 2-4 litres |
| How much virtual litres a day does a person eat a day? | 2000 - 5000 |
| How much does each piece of food cost water wise? | Apple= 70 litres 150 g of beef steak = 2025 liters 100 g of vegetables = 20 liters 1 slice of bread = 40 liters |
| How many people ppl don't have access to improved sources of water? | 1 in 9 people world wide |
| How many people ppl lack improved sanitation? | 1 in 3 people worldwide |
| What are the major sources of pollution? | Human settlements Industrial and agricultural activities |
| In developing countries, how much untreated sewage is dumped into water bodies? | 80% |
| How much polluted waste do industries dump into water bodies? | 300 to 400 mt |
| What is the most common chemical contaminant in the world's groundwater aquafers? | Nitrate from agriculture |
| Approximately how many people die each year due to inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene? | 3.5 million |
| Which ecosystem has been degraded the most? | Freshwater ecosystems |
| How many people received access to improved sanitation facilities between 1990 and 2010? | 1.8 billion |
| How many people still lack adequate sanitation? How many people still practice open defacation? | 2.5 billion ppl 1,1 billion ppl; 15 % of the world |
| If current trends continue, in 2015, how many ppl won't have access to adequate sanitation? | 2.4 billion ppl |
| How many children would be saved through adequate sanitation, clean water, and good hygiene? | 1.5 million children a year |
| Every ________ seconds, a child dies from poor sanitation. | 20 |
| Water use has been growing at more than _____________ the rate of population rate in the last century | Twice |
| Increase in water withdrawls | 50% for decoupling countries 18% for developed countries |
| By 2025, ______________ people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and __________________ Could be under stress conditions | 1,800 million Two- thirds |
| Between 1991 and 2000, 655,000 ppl died in 2,557 natural disasters; ___________ of those were water related events | 90% |
| Without better ___________ resource management, goals toward poverty reduction will be jeopardized | Water |
| More than half of the world population, or ________________ lives in cities | 3.5 billion |
| Every second the cities growing by __________ people | 2 |
| There is ______________ access to sanitation in the cities than in rural areas | Better |
| _____________ people live in slums | 827.6 million |
| _____________ people have managed to move out of slums | 227 million |
| Slums increase by _____________ per year | 6 |
| By 2029, the slum population should reach _________________ | 888 million |
| During the period of 2000 to 2006, a total of _____________ water related disasters were reported, killing more than ______________ people, affecting more than ____________________ people, and inflicting more than ________________ U.S. $ worth of damage | 2,163 290,000 1.5 billion 4.22 billion |
| ______________, droughts, and ____________________ have been the most frequent disasters since 1900; they account for 88.5 % of the world's disasters | Floods Windstorms |
| More than ____________ disasters occurred in ___________ | 83%; asia |
| Since 1990, more than __________________ have died from drought and more than 2 billion have been affected by drought, more than any other diaster | 11 million |
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AdrienneBronner
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