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= The Ethiopian Water Crisis =

Introduction: Nearly one billion people on earth don't have access to clean water supplies. Ethiopia is one of the areas of the world that does not have acces to the supply of clean water. Ethiopia is located in Africa. //__**Area Description of Ethiopia:**__// Ethiopia is slightly less than twice the size of Texas. In water, Ethiopia is 104,300 sq km. In land it is about 1 million sq km. In all it is around 1,104,300 sq km. The terrain in Ethiopia is mostly a high platuea with a central mountain range that is cut through by Great Rift Valley. About 13%, or 130,000 sq km., of the land is arable. 2,896 sq km of the land is irrigated. The coast line is 0 km. and the maritime claim is also 0 km. The sanitation Facility Access Unimproved is at...
 * Rural:80.6%
 * Urban: 72.7%
 * Total: 79.3%

The Drinking Water Source Unimproved is at...
 * Urban: 3.4%
 * rural: 60.7%
 * total: 51%

//__**Description of Water Crisis:**__// Ethiopia's water cris is economical. This means that Ethiopia does not have the funds to acquire clean water or sanitational facilities. Ethiopia puts most of its money and water into agriculture. Ethiopia's water crisis also may be due to poor managment of the water that they do have. Ethiopia's total population is 96,633,458 people. 39% of Ethiopia's population is at or below the poverty line. Poverty means extremely poor. Due to Ethiopia's poluted water, they get some water contact diseases. Thr=ese diseases occure when water comes in contact with the human body. An example of a largely known water contact disease in Ethiopia is schistosmasis. The amount of total renewable water resources is equavalent to 122 cu. km. 1 cu. km. is equal to 264 billion gallons of water, so 122 is equal to 32+trillion gallons of water. The total amount of freshwater withdrawl is 5.56 cu km a year.

__//**What Is Being Done:**//__ They are working with the government to set up sanitation places. They are giving to the poorest people in Ethiopia. These include the regional government. They work with the locals to help the problem and make sure it gets solved one day.