iD Ideas Discoveries March 2017

CORPORATIONS

Price for the rest of the world:

Price in the supermarket:

70¢

iD on the biggest crime

of the 21st century

...

VES

VITAL COMMODITY

Hardly any thought would be

wasted on this 0.5 liter-bottle

of water in the First World.

But in countries like Nigeria,

bottled water is necessary

for survival—and it’s more

expensive than gasoline.

THESE COUNTRIES

CONSUME THE MOST

BOTTLED WATER:

SALE OF

BOTTLED

WATER

1. USA


2. Mexico


3. China

THE TOTAL VOLUME OF

WATER ON THE PLANET IS

332,500,000 mi

3

97.5 %

salt water

2.5 %

drinkable water

70%

of this is bound

in glaciers, ice,

and marshes

30%

is available in

groundwater

in millions

of liters

2007 2017

(estimated)

WATER ON THE EARTH

3.6 million deaths annually

391

+

84%

212