8 Facts You Didn't Know About Water.

In the article 8 Facts You Didn't Know About Water it talked about 8 things you probably didn't know about the water. I found this article interesting because of Blog Action Day where each year thousands and thousands of bloggers will blog about one topic. Their goal is to raise awareness about that specific topic. Since today was a big day for bloggers and activists around the world because of Blog Action Day this article was created because the focus this year is water.

Most people already know what an impact it would be if something would happen to our water supply. But most people don't know about the startling facts that Blog Action Day has uncoverd about water over the past few months. The facts are:

1. Ever WEEK, 42,000 people die from unsafe drinking water and living conditions.

2. Students in developing countries lose 443 million school days each year combined because of diseases caused by lack of water, sanitation and unhygenic living conditions.

3. More people have access to cell phones than toilets.

4. The United States, Mexico and China lead the world in amount of bottled water consumption. A US citizen on average will drink 200 bottles of water each year. 17 million barrels of oil are needed to make those bottles and 86% of them won't even be recycled.

5. Organizations are bringing fresh water to developing countries, by not only building wells but also creating building to maintain those wells.

6. The average person uses 465 liters of water per day.

7. By correctly disposing of household wastes we can help keep our rivers and streams from becoming polluted.

8. Communities around the world are saying no to bottled water. By doing this it drastically reduces water bottle waste and saves taxpayers money.

After reading those facts I was pretty shocked. I had no idea how much things really do pile up, and how much of a difference there really is between developed and undeveloped countries. But, I also learned that the small things really do make a difference and if we all pitch in on this it really will make a difference.  I thought that this related to class because we were talking about the differences in developed countries and developing countries.