Even if all salt water, which accounts for 97% of the world's water, is excluded, the remaining 3% should be ample for all conceivable human needs.
Which is a shame, because the U.S. has the largest federal water zone in the world, with more ocean area suitable for deep-water fish farming than the country has arable land area.
FORBES: Regulatory Uncertainty Drives A Fish Farmer To Foreign Waters
Cooperation on water issues will also be the theme for World Water Day on 22 March.
It is envisaged that the conclusions of the seminar will provide inspiring messages to feed the programme of the UN International Year as well as the campaign for the World Water Day 2013, both coordinated by UNESCO in co-operation with UNECE and with the support of UNDESA, UNW-DPAC, UNW-DPC, on behalf of UN-Water.
UNESCO: All Events | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The World Economic Forum cited rising demand for water, food and energy as a risk facing the world, in a separate report released Wednesday.
The global event for World Water Day 2013 will be hosted by the Government of the Netherlands.
UNESCO: Detailview | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Aggar dedicated much of his time last winter to getting fit for the World Championship selection trials and the hard work on land and on the water paid off with a place in the Great Britain squad for the World Championships in Munich.
Groundwater is the source for nearly half of all drinking water in the world and around 43% of all water effectively consumed in irrigation.
The next step was to find a partner with an understanding of the challenges of urban sanitation in the developing world, cue Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) joining the partnership.
FORBES: Building a Scalable Business in Ghana: Because Every Family Deserves a Toilet
In August 2011, UNESCO was officially appointed to lead the preparation for the International Year as well as the World Water Day 2013.
She says she chose Lake Ontario for her swim because it's one of the hardest open-water swims in the world, and she wanted to "accomplish something difficult" for children who fight cancer.
Thus, India's Shree Cement, which has long suffered from water shortages, developed the world's most water-efficient method for making cement, in part by using air-cooling rather than water-cooling.
It sounds great in theory: using human ingenuity to make fresh water for the most parched state from the world's biggest ocean.
Water For People believes this inability to move the needle towards a world where everyone actually has water and sanitation services requires a fundamental rethink in sector practice.
FORBES: World Water Day 2013: An Inside Look at Water for People's Everyone Forever Initiative
Additionally, the RACE FOR WATER flagship vessel could launch Argo floats during its journey around the world as a contribution to the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).
The UK Committee for National and International Hydrology (IHP), based at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) hosted the International Water Resources Association World Water Congress in Edinburgh this month.
This briefing note is based on a stakeholder dialogue organized by the UN World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) at the Dialogs for Water and Climate and Climate Change (D4CC) during the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16), held in Cancun, Mexico from November 29 to December 10, 2010 (more information).
Building on its relationships throughout the developing world, Water for People partnered with Akvo to develop an Internet-based system for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on water and sanitation projects.
Each artist read a section of a poem by Man-Booker prize-winning author Yann Martel - emphasising the need for all the world's population to have access to clean water - followed by a musical or artistic performance.
Joseph McStay owned Earth Inspired Products, a company that built custom water features for high-end commercial businesses around the world, says Mike McStay, his younger brother.
Not to be outdone, Unbound author Keith Kahn-Harris, has offered to take you with him as he travels the world looking for experts of all sorts for his book The Best Water Skier in Luxembourg.
And the demand for water is only increasing dramatically as the global population grows and much of the developing world becomes more industrialized.
FORBES: Investors Are The Key To Solving The World's Water Problems
The scandal concerns contracts for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, a dam construction venture which has been partly funded by the World Bank.
Every year, special emphasis is being put on the theme selected for next World Water Day.
Chartres said that 70% to 80% of fresh water the world extracts every year is used for growing food.
The combination of rapid population growth and changing diets may increase the demand for food by 70% by 2050, according to the recently released 4th UN World Water Development Report.
In the developing world they do it because that is often the only water fit to drink, and for the poor it is usually a significant expense.
For more information on the United Nations World Water Development Report 3, click here.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: International Water Day 2009 - Transboundary water
The World Water Week, taking place every year in Stockholm, is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development.
UNESCO: Detailview | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
应用推荐