Water Use
How are Humans Abusing It?
Background
How Humans Have Abused Water
- On average, In Australia, each person uses 80 gallons of water per day.
- As developments rise, the demand of water to fill the needs of the people in office spaces and homes, have become increasingly high.
- We have drawn too much water from aquifers, so streams and rivers have begun to run dry and impact wildlife.
Water Abuse
Land and Water in Figures
This picture shows a collection of graphs and charts. These graphs and charts explain highlight how much humans are overusing water.
Less Water Usage Means Higher Rates
The picture above shows how that if we continue to use as much water as we are right now, the price of water will go up because there won't be much left.
Salmon
Above is a picture of a salmon. If we use too much water and dry up rivers, then fish will have nowhere to swim and get food.
Clean Water
This picture represents the clean water on Earth. Humans overusing water has resulted in water being polluted and species dying. Clean and pure water is becoming more rare each day.
Rivers Driying Up
This is a picture of a river. Since humans have used so much water, we are drying up rivers like this one.
Towns Above Water
Some cities in the world are being built on top of, or near, water resources. When humans build near rivers and streams, we pollute water and marine life has nowhere to eat or swim.