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The T1TOrld's YVater contiutied from gage 1 <br />Requirements and Actual Use <br />The recommended basic water requirement per person per day is about 13 <br />gallons. But people can live with about eight gallons, with three for drinking <br />and cooking and another five for hygiene. The reality for millions does not <br />come near this minimum amount. <br />Countries with the least amount of safe water availability include Gambia <br />with about one gallon of water per person per day, Somalia with two gallons, <br />and the average person in Cambodia uses about three gallons of water per day. <br />In comparison, the average person living in Great Britain uses 53 gallons and in <br />the U.S.-132 gallons! <br />1 a4® Minn®tnn~ta r)~.riA('Sllohto www.minnetonkacomia.corn <br />• FACETS December 2003 <br />ater availability per capita by sub region in 2000 <br />Compliments of US Geological Suroey <br />