Most of the water on the planet is found in the oceans in the form of saltwater.  Less than 3 percent is freshwater.  Roughly two thirds of the freshwater is locked up in glaciers and ice caps.  So we can only use about 1% of Earth's water for drinking and for growing food.

The statistics about water are just as fluid and changing as water itself.  Melting glaciers, deforestation, pumping non-renewable ground water, and pollution are all reducing the amount of usable freshwater available on earth. This is all happening at a time when our population is growing at around 75 million more people per year.

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MisterT said:

	I need I think I need a drink … of water.
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iEvolved said:

	Pop. Actually the world population growth is estimated to be closer to 80 billion in 2008 according to the CIA World Fact Book.
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Brent - J2S said:

	Thanks Thanks iEvolved but I think you meant 80 million not billion. (Yikes!)
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