Every minute 7 people die from bad water, or no water. Some countries have more people than they do water, some are the opposite South America being one of them. The Guarani aquifer in South America could provide 100 liters of water a day to 5.5 billion people for 200. Asia has 60% of the world population and only 36% of the worlds water, SOuth America has 6% of the worlds population and 26% of the worlds water. Some of the places with the worst water are, Belgium, and Morocco.
Over 1.3 billion people have no access to clean water. At least 2.2 million people die annually from diseases related to poor sanitation and contaminated drinking water. The United Nations estimate the world's per capita water supply will drop by 1/3in the next 20 years. The countries with the best water are Finland, Canada, New Zealand, UK, and Japan.
In areas with rapildly growing populationsthe water may be running low because there are so many people taking it. It becomes a problem when you have more people than you do water. It has become obvious that larger populated areas dont have enough water and lower populated areas have more than enough water.
There have been more than 1,831 water related interactions between countries in the past 50 years. only 21 actually involved military violence. There are very few places where water-poor countries can attacke water-rich countries. Water sortages will most likely resort in violence.
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