World Water Day: how much does a dripping tap consume, a shower per minute and each toilet flush

Some data on water scarcity are alarming.

Drinking water consumption

and global demand is expected to increase by

by the year 2050. The problem is that easily accessible fresh water for purification represents

of the planet water.

The right to water is made of contrasts.

While many people lack it, others

.

Just keep in mind that a dripping faucet consumes

, or that for every minute that a shower lasts, it consumes

of water.

Or that each toilet flush consumes

of water.

This Wednesday, March 22,

is celebrated , declared by the United Nations to raise awareness about this problem.

While in large cities access to drinking water seems guaranteed, one in four people in the world lacks it, according to data from the WHO/Unicef ​​Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene.

What is being done in Argentina to raise awareness about the problem and ensure that people waste less water?

What happens when people put water meters in their houses?

Aysa sources consulted by

revealed that this control generated greater water savings.

"A micro-metering plan achieved an

in each home that has a meter installed, unlike those that do not," they explained.

And they added that "measuring consumption and reducing waste is essential to allow its expansion to neighborhoods that still do not have it."

Every minute that a shower lasts consumes an average of 10 liters of water.

6 meters wide and 4 meters high

in the Obelisk area that shows a globe and a giant drop that waters a growing plant.

The objective, they say, is to attract attention in a place with high traffic so that people reflect on the issue and change habits that harm the planet.

Another worrying fact at a global level, especially taking into account the recent Covid pandemic and the

to hit the world again, is that one in three people lacks a facility to wash their hands with soap and water.

Aníbal Faccendini, PhD in Legal and Social Sciences and an expert in Environment and Sustainable Development, recalled that "access to water is an

, based on articles 41 and 75, paragraph 22 of the National Constitution."

And he stated that "approximately

do not have full and safe access to water."

He confirmed that "the greatest poverty and indigence of water

."

And he warned: “We need a global public pact so that there is water for all people, between the UN and the States of the Earth.

If not, the poor and destitute of water will continue to grow and it will be very difficult to solve or at least reduce the damage they suffer”.

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