VisualEconomics has posted a nice graphic talking about the economics of water. While I agree that it is important not to be wasteful of water, or to pollute our water sources, I in no way think that we are in danger of the global water supply drying up. We just may have to become more efficient and resourceful in our use of water, or develop new technologies to desalinize ocean water.

Overall, I like the graphic in the information they portray, and how it is designed. The only problem with the graphic occurs at the bottom. They take the water use by country, and then divide it out by either the domestic sector, industrial sector, or agricultural sector. These three sectors are mapped onto a circle, but not in the familiar pie-wedge shape. Instead, they simply cut out horizontal slices of the circle. It looks neat, but it makes it hard to judge proportions. Are they divided by area, or by height? Generally speaking, much of the use of water in the USA is by industrial and agricultural sources, and not domestic.

Water is such an inherent part in our daily lives that it’s easy to take it for granted. If we’re not mindful of our water use, we might soon find ourselves without it.

via Water(less) World: H2O Use Around the World @ VisualEconomics.