WORLDWIDE WATER SUPPLY

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

• No (good) water access
• Tap water has very bad quality
• Decreasing water sources

DEPENDENT ON BOTTLE WATER

• very expensive for them
• drink polluted water
• drink not enough water

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

• very high quality tap water
• Good access to water: tap water in every house
• better quality than bottle water

THEY DONT USE IT!

• USA: more than 50 billion water bottles/year
• Used only for washing/ cooking/ garden

BIG INDUSTRY

• $100 billion spend for bottle water, worldwide
• More liter of water sold than milk/ coffee/ juice
• Only public water into bottles
• 2,900 times higher price than tap water

BAD AFTEREFFECTS

• Transport/ keeping cold, burns fossils fuels
• Chemicals are needed for producing plastic bottles
• 80% of recycle-able bottles end up on landfills
• Takes 3 liters normal water to create 1 liter of bottle water

MORAL PROBLEM

• Public good has been privatized
• Human rights: access of clean water for everyone
• Companies gain profit by an essential part of life

SOLUTION

• People should change their habits & consciousness
• Profit of water companies should go to developed countries
• No waste of water through production, taxes!
• Government should invent policies