Fresh Water/Oceans

Fresh Water

What is the story?

• It’s all around us.
  
  
• It’s under us.


• It’s in us.

Water is so important to our lives that, without it, we can’t live. In fact, our bodies are made up of 75% water.

We tend to think that water is a never-ending resource and will always be there. Think again.

Did you know?

Only 3% of all the earth’s water is not salty, which leaves 97% of the earth’s water as salty (in the oceans).

Out of that 3% non salty water, only a third is in our rivers, lakes, and underground. The other two-thirds is frozen ice in the Artic and Antarctic.

Water and our ecosystem

Changes in fresh water affect many parts of the ecosystem, such as:

• Coastal waters
  
  
• Plants and animals that depend on clean water
  
  
• Our fisheries
  

The availability of clean, fresh water has a huge impact on our homes, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and in turn, our economy.