"Seventy percent of all the water we use globally is for agriculture ... access to the 20 to 50 liters of daily water required to sustain life, is a clear goal for the decades ahead.

Irrigation now claims close to 70 percent of all freshwater appropriated for human use ... life, a sound education and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Information brief on ...

Daily, per person water use across Southern California has dropped by 45% since the 1980s, reaching a new low, according to a report issued by the Metropolitan Water District this week.