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Water

A GLOBAL A NOT-SO BLUE PLANET IF WE TOLD THE EMBODIMENT OF OUR VISION
Even though the earth is covered in water, the quantity
YOU THAT…
of clean water readily available to humanity
is becoming more and more scarce.

EMERGENCY 600

LITRES /day

ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD Is the quantity of water wasted
Growing consumption and limited resources. Oceans, ice caps, lakes, rivers, on average when a WC cistern
leaks
The priority has shifted to sustainable water conservation. underground water, steam… if all
the Earth’s water was concentrat-
ed in a sphere, its diameter would
be 1,385km. 30%
Today, clean water supplies are under unprecedented
Just slightly larger than a country Of WCs with cisterns
pressure. Over the course of the 20th century, as the
like France. in public and
population quadrupled from 1.5 billion to 6 billion,
commercial places
water consumption multiplied by 10. This increase was
leak
primarily due to improvements in lifestyle, industrialisa-
tion and irrigation. 5 WCs leaking
Currently, the global population uses around 4,000km³ for 1 year
UNDERGROUND DRINKING
of clean water per year, roughly 650m³ per person.
Use the same amount of
This represents a third of the clean water available. WATER
water as Marseille uses
The demand for water has increased by around 1% each If all the clean water on the Earth’s in a day
year since the 1980s. surface, directly available and
MARSEILLE
used by living beings, was con-
In certain areas, this intensive consumption has over- centrated in a sphere, its diameter
taken the rate of natural replenishment. Long term, would be 272.8km.
this will cause the supply to run dry. The availability of
The size of a region like Brittany
clean water is also considerably reduced by pollution. or Tuscany.
According to the United Nations, by 2050, up to 6 billion
people could be regularly affected by drought.
For almost a century, DELABIE has designed products
A diameter of 1,385km
which allow for the management of water use. Thanks to
technologies like time flow or electronic taps, with their DELABIE flush
reduced flow rates, water wastage in public places has systems
significantly decreased. DON’T HAVE
a cistern

A diameter of 272.8km
No cistern
= no leaks
A diameter of 56.2km

1 WC equipped
with a DELABIE
In the face of these challenges, it is essential CLEAN SURFACE WATER
that each individual should reduce their water If all the clean water from the cistern-less flush valve
consumption. By equipping a non-domestic lakes and rivers of our planet
public building with DELABIE solutions, water was concentrated in a sphere, its
consumption can be reduced by 85-90%. diameter would be 56.2km. 219,000 LITRES
The size of a city like Paris.
of potable water
Sources : Planèteoscope, ReliefWeb, Novethic per year saved

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