Magdalena Australia Festival: Brisbane, Australia,
April 10-16 2003

1. Deluge 2 Drain 3. Irrigate 4. Dam 5. Drought 6. Solution

By 2025, the world will need up to three timesthe amount of water that is currently available.

97.5% of the world's water is salty or saline.

drought = famine

Every eight seconds, a child dies of a water-related disease.

Political violence often arises from conflict over scarce but vital water resources.

Millions of species and a billion people seek water for sustenance.

Diverse cultures share ecosystems

Water wars are global wars.

1.2 billion people do not have access to clean water.

The earth has enough for the need of all, but not for the greed of few.

By 2025, a quarter of the world's population will suffer from lack of water.

Everyone has a duty to use water sustainably.

Either the world's water needs will be met or the inevitable result will be mass starvation.

IBM takes 2.7 million square metres of water every year
from underground aquifers in the region of Essonne in France.

80% of disease is caused by of lack of water.

In South Africa, 600,000 white farmers consume 60% of the water resources,
and 15 million black farmers have no access to water.

A newborn baby in the Western world consumes between 40 and 70 times more water
than one born in the Third World.

1. Deluge 2 Drain 3. Irrigate 4. Dam 5. Drought 6. Solution