Borama Mayor should do something about the poor hygiene of the city!

Waa In uu Mayorka Borama nadaafadda magaalada wax ka qabtaa!

I recently read an article whose title was the same as “the heading of this article”. And so, I decided to share my know-how on that topic with my friends everywhere and specially with those at home. And certainly I am assuming, by doing that, I am enlightening many of them in that area which I consider as mine.

1. Water is the source, supporter and sustainer of all life?
   Fortunately it covers about 71% of the earth’s hydrosphere?
   Of all waters on earth, 97.47% is salty unfit for direct use?



2. And of the remaining 2.53% fresh water, some 67% is either trapped deep underground or frozen in polar icecaps?



3. Of the other 33%, most is present as soil moisture?
   In the end, less than 1% of the world's fresh water is readily accessible for direct use?



4. This readily accessible fraction is found in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and in underground sources shallow enough to be tapped at affordable cost?



5. If all the earth's water were to fit in a gallon jug (4 liters), available fresh water would equal just over a tablespoon? The human body is about 60%-- 85% water and plants over 80% water?



6. Today, freshwater is becoming the most critical natural resource issue facing humanity?



7. As populations grow, water use rises, demand soars, pollution increases and yet the supply is finite or limited?



8. A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water?



9. A human being needs about 16 to 20 liters of water per day just to survive?



10. But to ensure our basic needs are met, we all need 20 to 50 liters of water free from harmful contaminants each and every day?



11. The average American uses 380 to 670 liters of water at home each day?



12. And the average African family uses about 20 liters of water each day?



13. An estimated 1.1 billion people worldwide lacks access to adequate safe water and roughly 2.2 billion people lack adequate sanitation?



14. Worldwide, careless use of water resources is harming our natural habitat, our health as well as the environment?



15. By 1995, 31 countries faced chronic freshwater shortages but by 2025, 48 countries are projected to face shortages affecting 2.8 billion people worldwide?



16. By 2025, nearly 200 million people in sub-Saharan Africa will face water scarcity?



17. According to World’s Water (2002/2003) report, we must rethink the way we capture, distribute and use water if we are to meet water scarcity challenges?



18. Excessive demand of water uses reduces many rivers to filthy trickle by the time they reach the sea or lake?



19. Pollution is a major problem world-wide and only a few countries have adequately safeguarded water from pollution?
    



20. Today, groundwater provides drinking water to more than 1.5 billion people daily and to many more in times of drought and/or water scarcity?



21. Two thirds of the world’s population gets their water from public standpipes, wells, rivers, lakes, rainfall collected off roofs etc.?



22. Unfortunately, in the Third World, more than 200 million hours are spent each day by women and female children, just to collect water from distant, often polluted sources?



23. If reduction of the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water is be halved by 2015 all communities must play major roles?



24. Improvements of public-health services and providing safe water and better sanitation are key to better life?



25. Improved water management has brought enormous benefits to people in developing countries?



26. Despite this, over a billion people have yet to benefit, with lowest coverage in rural areas and urban slums?



27. And an estimated 2.6 billion people — representing half the developing world population— lack toilets and other forms of improved sanitation?



28. To achieve the 2015 targets for freshwater provision, water supplies is to reach an additional 1.5 billion people in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean?



29. Nearly 200 million people in Africa are facing serious water shortages?



30. By 2025, of an estimated 900 millions Africans, nearly 230 million will face water scarcity, and 460 million will be living in water-stressed countries?



31. Water problems are more related to mismanagement than to scarcity?



32. Up to 50 per cent of urban water and 60 per cent of water used in agriculture is wasted through leaks and evaporation?



33. According to an international Scientific and Technological Research Group, a person living in an urban center uses in 1 day:50 liters to flush the toilet; 30 liters to wash clothes in a machine; 27 liters to wash the dishes; 18 liters to water the garden; 15 liters in cooking; 10 liters, in other uses (drinking, washing hands)?



34. A child born in the developed world consumes (30 to 50) times as much water as one in the Third World?



35. Unfortunately, the cost of providing safe drinking water and proper sanitation to everyone in the world by 2025 is between US$111 and 180 billion a year….two to three times greater than present investments?

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