| We drink it, we cook with it, we use it to wash ourselves, our clothes and our dishes. We flush the toilet with it, we wash our cars and water our gardens with it. We use it to make things. We even swim and have fun in it. We can't live without it! | Click to enlarge © Simon Scoones |
What do you know about water? Click on the bucket for some amazing facts!
No matter how many ways we use water it's easy to forget how precious it is. Around the world today water supplies are under pressure. Hover over the map to find out why.
Why can't many people get the water they need? Use the information on the map to divide up your reasons into:
Not enough water
Problems with the way water is used
Are you good with numbers? 
About a fifth of the world's people do not have clean and safe water close to home. For many, access to water is a matter of survival. Women are unable to work and children can't go to school because they have to walk great distances to collect and carry water instead. 
These days we have got reason to worry about our water supply in the UK too. 
