Contaminated water has killed more people than any war.
Water is so scarce in the deserts of Rajasthan that the villagers hire private guards to secure their wells from water thieves.
Cherrapunji, one of the wettest places in India also faces water scarcity, since most of the rain water drains down to the valleys.
90% of the wastewater is discharged into rivers and streams without any treatment
Human beings can stay alive for more than a month without food, but only for a week without water!
Water scarcity affects one in three people in every continent.
Nearly 97 percent of the water found on earth, is salty or otherwise undrinkable.
There is more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all of the rivers on the planet combined
Water is the most common substance found on earth.
Producing an average-sized Sunday newspaper requires about 150 gallons of water.
Of all the water that enters each urban household, about 95 percent ends up down the drain.
It takes more than ten gallons of water to produce one slice of bread.
Over 713 gallons of water go into the production of one cotton t-shirt.
