Water our most precious commodity, life cannot be sustained without water. On all levels, globally, Nationally, In Minnesota, our Metro area and even here at Ai, there are water issues we all need to be aware.
Exactly 50% of Detroit's water and sewage Department's 323,900 total accounts were as of March 2014.
Over 300,000 Detroit residence face water shut offs since May 2014.
California
California consumes 2 million more acre-feet of ground water than it recharges naturally.
80% of California is considered abnormally dry or worse.
It is estimated that california only has 20 years of water supply left.
Africa
Water in Accra, Ghanna costs 3 times as much in New York.
Minnesota
In 1950 the state of Minnesota used 83% surface water and 17% ground water.
75% of the Metro depends on groundwater pumped from subterranean aquifiers and just 25% use surface water.
In 2007 3 of Chanhassen's 11 municipal wells went dry.
New Mexico
New Mexico is estimated to have 10 years of fresh water left.
Bolivia
Approximateley 40% of the drinking water in La Paz comes from melting Andean glaciers.
Slovakia
Only 22% of the bathing water in Slovakia meets the EU standard guidlines for freshwater areas.
Russia
In 1992, The Russian Federation's Committee on fishing reprted 994 cases in which bodies of water were "completely contaminated" by agriculture runoff.
75% of Russia's surface water is polluted.
China
In China, 600 million people's drinking water is contaminated by human or animal waste.
70% of China's water is so polluted that it has been deemed unsafe for human contact.
Australia
Australia is the World's dryest inhabited continents.
Due to Australia's extremely warm climate, all but 13% of rain that does fall across Australia evaporates before it ends up flowing into rivers.
