Water Flashcards
How many people around the world do not have access to clean water?
About 1.1 billion people
Why is water important to man? Give 3 examples.
Grow our food.
Generate our power.
Run our industries
What disease can you pick up from dirty water?
Diarrhea or cholera
When a river runs through poor villages it can be polluted. Why?
Many people use bushes near the river for a toilet river washes the faeces into the river.
How many children die each year from diarrhea diseases?
Almost 1.9 million.
How much water is needed per day as the basic need for survival?
5 liters
What method gets water to your home?
Through pipes & taps.
Give 3 ways to save water.
Never leave a dripping tap
Shower instead of bath
Never leave a tap running.
In towns or cities where does water come from?
Piped water from dams to their taps.
Name the leading cause of illness in the developing world and how you get it.
Diarrhea from contaminated water of human or animal excreta
Is water a human right?
It is but provision of it doesn’t always happen.
What are basic needs with water?
Drinking and need for personal and domestic hygiene.
How would you save water in your house?
No dripping taps
Take showers
Don’t leave taps running.
