1. Water Scarcity Issues © The GlobalEd 2 Project
Photo credit: Lynn Johnson, National Geographic. Available at:
Photo credit: Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
Women in search for water in Ethiopia
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2. Essential Question: What is water scarcity?
How does water scarcity impact the lives of living things?
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3. Essential Understanding:
Water scarcity is either a shortage of water or the lack of access to safe water.
Water scarcity has detrimental effects on living things.
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4. Key Facts: For many people in the developing world, water is a luxury!
For more than 1 billion people, safe water is scarce!
As the demands for water increases, the problem of water scarcity will continue to grow!
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5. Effects of Water Scarcity:
At any given time, 50% of the world's hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from diseases, caused by drinking or bathing in dirty water.
In developing countries, such as Brazil, Kenya, India and Haiti,~80% of illnesses are linked to dirty water.
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6. Effects of Water Scarcity: (continued)
Worldwide, for children under 5 years old,1 out of every 4 deaths is due to a water-related disease.
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7. The Effect of Water Scarcity on Children
Over 1 billion young girls spend their day fetching and carrying water, rather than attending school
Girls carry water in jugs weighing 20kg (~40lbs) on their heads for long periods of time, often developing spinal deformities
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8. The Effect of Water Scarcity on Children (continued)
Children contact life-threatening diseases such as cholera and diarrhea, by using parasitic-infested water
In developing countries, diarrhea is the major cause of infant deaths
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