Varying Price of Water

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What does the World Health Organisation specify as the recommended quantity of water to maintain lifestyle?
50 litres a day
Often, poor countries do pay for water, yet they pay significantly more money for the same amount of water that developed countries do
How much do people in the UK pay for 50 litres of water?
only £0.07, which isn’t even 0.1% of our typical salaries
How much do people from Papa New Guinea have to pay for 50 litres of water?
Roughly £1.84, which is over 50% of a typical salary
What % of Papa New Guinea haven’t got safe water?
60%
How many people in India don’t have safe water?
75.8 million
What are happening to aquifers in India?
Levels of water are falling in 56% of the country
Shockingly, what country is water the most expensive in?
Denmark
What happened in relation to water in Bolivia 1999?
Local companies tried to make citizens pay high prices, leading to months of protests and street battles