Quick facts and figures
Overview of web sites providing quick facts and figures that can be used for presentations or for writing an article.
Environment Canada - Freshwater Web site – Quickfacts
07 Sep 09
Includes general facts on freshwater with special focus on Canada.
Examples: “Approximately 295.000 litres of water is required to produce 910 kilograms of paper”; and “Of the total world's freshwater supply, about one third is found underground.” [Visited 09 Sep 2009, last update 23 Jul 2008]
IDRC - Facts & Figures on Fresh Water
07 Sep 09
Compiled by International Development Research Centre (Canada).
Topics include: the state of the planet's fresh water supply; options for the future; and lessons from IDRC-sponsored research. [Visited 09 Sep 2009, last update 25 Jul 2003].
International Year of Freshwater 2003 - Facts and Figures
07 Sep 09
Topics include: water as a basic human need, i.e. watsan; water and health; water use, i.e. ‘virtual water’, that is: water embedded in commodities; water-related risks; water and society, i.e. water and women; water and religion. [Visited 09 Sep 2009, last update 28 Jan 2004]
People and planet.net – people and water - factfiles
07 Sep 09
Started in Dec 2000 by Planet 21, a UK-based independent non-profit company/registered charity.
Topics include: supply; demand; water use; water shortages; water pollution; conflict over water; irrigation; groundwater depletion and pollution; health and freshwater; degraded rivers worldwide; damaged by dams; wetlands shrinking; droughts and floods; lakes in danger; privatising water, and a way forward. [Visited 09 Sep 2009]
UNESCO facts and figures about water and health
07 Sep 09
At the start of the 21st century unclean water is the world’s second biggest cause of death for children. This is one of about 15 facts and figures which are published in the UNESCO Water Portal Weekly Newsletter No. 183, 6 Apr 2007 [Visited 09 Sep 2009]
UNESCO-WWAP Meeting basic needs
07 Sep 09
Fact and figures presenting data and figures extracted from the two World Water Development Reports. Updated by the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) team. [Visited 09 Sep 2009]
UNICEF Fast Facts: water, sanitation and hygiene education
07 Sep 09
One page with quick facts on child-related watsan issues. Written at the Global Wash Forum in Dakar, Dec 2004. [Visited 09 Sep 2009]
Water.org - Water Facts
07 Sep 09
This page is broken into the following sections: Water, Sanitation, Impacts on Children, Impacts on Women, Impacts on Productivity, What Can You Do?, Water in the News, Lesson Plans, and Resource Links. [07 Sep 2009]
WHO - Water, sanitation and hygiene links to health - Facts and Figures
07 Sep 09
Water, sanitation and hygiene links to health. Topics include figures on diseases: diarrhoea; malaria; schistosomiasis; intestinal helminths; Japanese encephalitis; hepatitis A; arsenic; fluorosis. It also provides some information on access to water supply and sanitation, and on the global response (MDGs). [Visited 09 Sep 2009, last update Nov 2004]
