In the next 24 hours...
2,740 Acres of land will be cleared or built upon
79,000 gallons of oil will end up in our waterways
37 beaches will be closed or posted as "hazardous"
2.8 billion gallons of industrial waste will be deposited in our oceans
329 million gallons of sewage will be pumped off our nations coast
80 Children die every 20 minutes due to lack of clean water or water shortages.(5,760 in 24 hours)
One flush of the toilet wastes more water than a person has to eat, cook, clean and drink for a day in 30 of the worlds poorest countries.
Citizens in Nairobi pay as much for water as most of us do for wine.
There are countries where less than 24% of the people have access to clean drinking water.
9,300 people die each day from diseases spread by water that is contaminated or filthy with waste.
If the U.S. wanted to clean the groundwater that is polluted, it would cost $1.5 billion dollars a year and take 20 years. That is if they started today.
we put 83 million more people on the planet each year.
In Bajo Piura in Peru, women walk over 8 hours a day to get their #water
I will add some more when I think there is something more tragic than that.