Access To Water

Question 0

Water insecurity: availability

Answer 0

Having a water supply and a distribution network.

Question 1

Water insecurity

Answer 1

Not having sufficient, safe water. Despite efforts to improve supplies and sanitation, there are 1.2 billion people without access to clean water, many of whom live in the countries classed as “water scarce”. Typically the most water insecure are the poor, with few Oppotunities to escape poverty and access economic benefits.

Question 2

Water insecurity: access

Answer 2

Freedom to use or income to buy water in a particular location.

Question 3

Water insecurity: usage

Answer 3

Entitlement to, and understanding of, water use and health issues.

Question 4

Poverty

Answer 4

Poverty and water poverty go hand in hand.
Improved water supply and sanitation can increase food production, bring better health and provide higher standards of wellbeing. Water wealth in developed countries brings cheap water, irrigation, energy and economic growth.

Question 5

Case study: contrasting water extremes - Canada

Answer 5

Households use 800 litres per person per day for cooking, flushing and so on. Also used for leisure such as swimming pools. Problems here are about rising bills and leakages

Question 6

Case study: contrasting water extremes - Ethiopia

Answer 6

Water consumption is one litre a day per person, much of it is fetched daily from a shared source. Ethiopia’s water problems related to shortages, pollution and disease as it is a poor country. Dispersed rural population and overcrowded urban area aggravates the problem.

Question 7

The price of water

Answer 7

Prices will increase as demand starts to exceed supply.
In many developing countries water is free in rural areas but often needs to be carried daily and can be contaminated. In larger cities slum dwellers will have to buy water from private vendors.