How much water is there on Earth, and how much is available for human usage? Use in your answer the concept that Earth's water budget is just 100 liters

What will be an ideal response?


If we assumed that the total amount of water on the Earth is 100 liters, only about 3 liters would be freshwater and thus readily usable; of that, only a mere 0.003 liters is available for human use.

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