{"id":8192,"date":"2013-10-22T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T23:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=8192"},"modified":"2013-10-22T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T23:13:20","slug":"can-live-4-liters-water-day-water-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/can-live-4-liters-water-day-water-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Live on 4 Liters of Water a Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"170\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8197\" alt=\"4Liters\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4litersbanner.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4litersbanner.jpg 460w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4litersbanner-300x110.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>Those of us in the first world don&#8217;t tend to think twice about our <a title=\"Sustainable Development, Water Rights, and Beer: How the Free Market Can Solve Water Conflict\" href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/2013\/09\/17\/sustainable-development-water-rights-beer-how-free-market-solve-water-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\">water usage<\/a>, and unless we&#8217;re on a backpacking trip or in a dry camp, or adhering to some other self-imposed rationing, we&#8217;re probably likely to use quite a bit of water everyday. In fact, in the US, the average rate of water consumption is about 550 liters every single day, between <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2011\/10\/28\/is-the-world-running-out-of-clean-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drinking water<\/a>, cooking, laundry, and bathing needs.<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re one of the millions of humans on our planet without easy access to clean water, you might be hard pressed to just get enough water to drink every single day to stay alive, which can be as little as 2 liters per day.<\/p>\n<p>What can the average person do to help turn the tide against water poverty?<\/p>\n<p>How about trying to live on just four liters of water per day?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the premise behind 4Liters, a social experiment that invites Americans across the country to experience water poverty firsthand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AU1q5X3juU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;4Liters is built to transform you, by providing a glimpse into the daily lives of nearly a billion people worldwide. It&#8217;s a brave experiment in compasssion.&#8221; &#8211; 4Liters<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By committing to voluntarily live in water poverty for a short time, and to use just 4 liters of water per day for all of your needs, you can get a better understanding of what it might be like to live that way day in and day out. 4Liters is an initiative from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digdeepwater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DigDeep<\/a>, which is working toward better water access for the many that don&#8217;t have it, and seeks to educate and act as an advocate for water issues in marginalized communities.<\/p>\n<p>4Liters isn&#8217;t just a social experiment, either, as it is also raising money so that DigDeep can plan and build water access projects around the world. In addition to taking personal commitments for the challenge, 4Liters has put together a <a href=\"https:\/\/4liters.org\/index.php?pg=curriculum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free multidisciplinary curriculum<\/a> to introduce the themes of water, poverty and human rights to 7-12th grade classrooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re ready to take part in this brave experiment, sign up at <a href=\"https:\/\/4liters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4Liters.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of us in the first world don&#8217;t tend to think twice about our water usage, and unless we&#8217;re on a backpacking trip or in a dry camp, or adhering to some other self-imposed rationing, we&#8217;re probably likely to use quite a bit of water everyday. 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