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Water Crisis in Haiti ---Haiti Haiti on the world map

Haiti's coordinates are 19 degrees North, and 72 degrees West. It shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.

The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometers. The land area is 99% of the total area and that is 27,560 square kilometers, and the water area is 1% and is 190 square kilometer. The climate is tropical. The terrian is mostly rough and mountainous. The total arable land is 9,921.6 square kilometers which is 36%. 970 square kilometers of arable land is irrigated from 2009. There are 14 cubic kilometers of renewable water resources in Haiti with fresh water withdraw being 1.2 cubic kilometers per year.

Haiti's population is 10.12 million people from the year of 2012. 80% of the people living in Haiti live in poverty. The total sanation facilities that are unimproved in rural and urban areas is 73% of the population, and 27% of the total population in rural and urban areas are improved. Waterborne diseases that occur in Haiti are bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever. Haiti's improved water source in the rural and urban areas total is 64% of population.

Water.org now has a commitment to reach 50,000 Hatians with clean water and sanitation by June of 2014. Other objectives they have.


 * Increase the level of access to sustainable,safe water and sanitation services for 50,000 people among poor and vulnerable populations.
 * Decrease the prevalence of water-and sanitation-related diseases in the target areas.
 * Promote integrated water resources management at the local level with a focus on maintaining the quanity and quality of drinking water.
 * Increase awareness of good hygeine practices.
 * Support the government's water and sanitation strategy.

Haiti has a water crisis because the people of Haiti are poor and can't afford infrastructure. There is also periodic droughts and they get a lot of rain during two seasons and barely any during the other two. there is a high risk of waterborne diseases causing diarrhea. Haiti doesn't have enough sanitation facility sources. There is also a very high water stress.

Haiti has an economic water scarcity. They have an economic lack because they can't afford water due to not having many jobs, or people visiting Haiti because they aren't a high tourism country. Also anytime they get money they usually have to use it on damage from hurricanes because they are in the middle of a hurricane belt. ---