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Lake Mead, 2008
The California Water Bond 2010
 
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Aug. 10 to move the $11.14 billion water bond to the November 2012 ballot

The Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act is an $11.14 billion general obligation bond measure now targeted for the November 2012 ballot. If approved by voters, the measure would provide funding for California's aging water infrastructure as well as projects and programs to improve water supply reliability and ecosystem health in the Delta."

The photo to the left is of Lake Perris, Riverside CA 2008. ( Source: perrisdam.water.ca.gov ).  One of many lakes, rivers and reservoirs in California that are sources of water for populations. 

 
 
World Crisis
The World population is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050 Global Population Chart
Ground water is expected to dry up by 2025
What if we can give everyone all the water they need?
Statistics
 
Global
According to the UN, by 2025 one in 800 million will be living in absolute water scarcity.
 
Currently, 2.5 BILLION people do not have sanitation.  In undeveloped or emerging countries, 90% of waste water is dumped into lakes, streams and rivers---which they also use for their drinking water.

14,000 die each day from water related disease.

80% of all illness is caused by contaminated or inadequate water4. ( http://www.un.org/summit/water.html )
 
In third world countries, every eight seconds a child  dies from contaminated water---691,200 children per day.
 

USA National
In the USA, 900,000 illnesses are caused by contaminated drinking water, resulting in 900 deaths annually. 6 ( http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_chem/water/watwhy.html )

Lake Mead, CA  has a 50% chance of becoming a dry lake bed by 2021 ( http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080213-AP-lake-mead.html ) 
 
July 20, 2007, Governor Swararznegger, California,  declared a state of emergency.  In Kern County alone, 22 million dollars in drought related crop damage.   ( http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/20/local/me-drought20 )
 
 Water Wars declared between Montana and Wyoming. ( http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcconserv/7droughtrig2.html )