Stay Hydrated

70% of the human brain is water.

80% of all illness in the developing world is water related.

Up to 50% of water is lost through leaks in cities in the developing world.

In Nairobi urban poor pay 10 times more for water than in New York.

In some countries, less than half the population has access to clean water.

$260 billion is the estimated annual economic loss from poor water and sanitation in developing countries.

40 billion hours are spent collecting water in Africa alone.

Children in the first 6 months of life consume seven times as much water per pound as the average American adult.

Americans drink more than one billion glasses of tap water per day.

The United States draws more than 40 billion gallons (151 million liters) of water from the Great Lakes every day—half of which is used for electrical power production.

85% of the world population lives in the driest half of the planet.

Agriculture accounts for ~70% of global freshwater withdrawals (up to 90% in some fast-growing economies).

Various estimates indicate that, based on business as usual, ~3.5 planets Earth would be needed to sustain a global population achieving the current lifestyle of the average European or North American.