Water Usage by Country in 2017 per billions
When looking at water usage for highly dense countries, this pie graph shows the percentage use of water by each country. However, I personally thought that water usage was mostly coming from showers, however with laundry, brushing your teeth, washing your hands and doing dishes contributes to how much water we use per day. Surprisingly China had the highest amount using around 591.8 billion gallons in all of 2017. I personally thought that the US would have used way more water usage, but when coming to terms with the population of China compared to the population of the United States, its no surprise that they are about 2 times larger when it comes to the US using 444.4 billion. However, 2017 was about 5 years ago, and scientists have said that water usage has increased. If there’s a continue increase of water usage in 5 years from now, who knows the results it will have for the irreversible effects of climate change.
resources:
https://ourworldindata.org/water-use-stress
I enjoyed reading the conclusion of your post in which you leave it open for inquiry as to just how severe the consequences could be for our world if water consumption rates do not change.
I think water usage is such an interesting topic, because while 71% of the world is covered in water, and it is technically reusable (water cycle), the amount of freshwater(i.e. drinking water) is extremely low, and continuing to shrink. We don’t talk about water usage enough in the grand scope of climate change, in my opinion, so I’m glad you brought attention to this topic!
I love these graphs about water usage. It is absolutely valid to compare china and the United States, and I thought initially that the US would have a higher consumption too. these graphs are very useful and informative