Which of the following is true of the availability and consumption of water?
A) ?Only about 1 percent of the earth's fresh water is available for around 7 billion people.
B) ?The world's demand for water has decreased by 20 percent over the last half century.
C) ?The average person in the United States uses about 23 gallons of water per day compared with163 in China.
D) ?Industrialized nations use less clean water and pay more for it than the developing world.
E) ?The developing world has more access to fresh water than industrialized nations.
A
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