how much water is lost to irrigation in south africa
Over the past five years, municipal water rates have increased by an average of 27 percent in the United States, 45 percent in Australia, 50 percent in South Africa, and 58 percent in Canada. In Tunisia, the price of irrigation water increased forufold over a decade.Yet consumers rarely pay the actural cost of water. The average distance that women in developing countries walk to collect water per day is four miles and the average weight that women carry on their heads is approximately 44 pounds. (WSSCC, 2004). * Over 40 billion work hours are lost each year in Africa to the need to fetch drinking water.