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 BOTTLED WATER
 Water's important role how your body works
Water Facts and debilitating dehydration
Eight ways to be water-wise
Water around the World
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Water around the World
"A world full of people dying to get a drink"
Population growth, pollution and climate change are likely to combine to produce a drastic decline in the world's water supply in a few decades.
The World Water Development report, says 1.1 billion people, nearly all in developing countries, do not have clean water and 2.4 billion lack proper sanitation. Yet the world has not realized the extent of the problem, or that these figures are likely to worsen remorselessly, says the Unesco-backed report. "Inertia at the leadership level and a world population not fully aware of the scale of the problem" mean the global water crisis will reach unprecedented heights. And that means hunger, disease and death.
The report predicts that by 2050, up to 7 billion people in 60 countries may be short of water. If the right policies are followed this could be reduced to 2 billion people in 48 nations.
The report is intended as an alarm call, published before the World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan this month, when it is hoped governments and policy-makers will make a new commitment to get to grips with the world water problem. Corporate Water Brands is following closely these developments and in partnership with the ‘Water for Survival?EGroup hopes to contribute to future initiatives aimed at relieving this crisis.
Some Sobering Facts about Water and Sanitation
More than 1.5 billion people do not have access to a safe and adequate water supply. Unless action is stepped up, this number could increase to 2.3 billion by 2025. Of all water on earth, 97.5% is salt water, and of the remaining 2.5% fresh water, some 70% is frozen in the polar icecaps. The other 30% is mostly present as soil moisture or lies in underground aquifers. In the end, less than 1% of the world's fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human uses. It is found in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and in underground sources shallow enough to be tapped at affordable cost (2)
If all the earth's water fit in a litre jug, available fresh water would equal just over a tablespoon.
It is estimated that 50% of the world's population lacks access to adequate sanitation
A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water
A person needs 4 to 5 litres of water per day to survive
The average American individual uses 100 to 176 litres of water at home each day
The average African family uses about 5 litres of water each day
One billion people must make a three-hour journey on foot each day just to obtain their drinking water
Approximately 60 to 70% of the rural population in the developing world have neither access to a safe and convenient source of water nor a satisfactory means of waste disposal
Water systems fail at a rate of 50% or higher
According to the UN, 20% of the world's population in 30 countries face water shortages. This number is expected to rise to 30% of the world's population in 50 countries in 2025
Some of the world's largest cities, including Beijing, Buenos Aires, Dhaka, Lima, and Mexico City, depend heavily on groundwater for their water supply. It is unlikely that dependence on aquifers, which take many years to recharge, will be sustainable
Poor people in the developing world pay on average 12 times more per liter of water than fellow citizens connected to municipal systems; these poverty-stricken people use less water, much of which is dirty and contaminated |
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Sir Peter Blake knew -
"Good water, good life;
Poor water, poor life;
No water, no life"
The lack of clean safe drinking water is the world's No 1 killer. To fight this global problem the United Nations has proclaimed the decade 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action, "Water for life".
UN Water for Life Resolution 
The NZ Juice and Beverage Association is working on initiatives to support this vital call to action. For further information on the world's water crisis and "Water for life" click here
 WHAT REGULATIONS GOVERN BOTTLED WATER?
The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) sets the minimum standards for all types of bottled water. These regulations are set out in the Food Standards Code.
The primary Standard is 2.6.2 "Non-alcoholic Beverages & Brewed Soft Drinks". Bottlers must also comply with all the other requirements of the Code including "Labelling and Other Information Requirements" (Standard 1.2), Contaminants and Residues (Standard 1.4), Microbiological and Processing Requirements (Standard 1.6) and the Food Safety regulations (Standard 3.1).
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