Where is All of Earth's Water?  

Oceans 97.2% 

Ice Caps/Glaciers 2.0% 

Groundwater 0.62% 

Freshwater Lakes 0.009% 

Inland seas/salt lakes 0.008% 

Atmosphere 0.001% 

Rivers 0.0001% 

TOTAL: 100% 

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 % of available freshwater (within the 100%) = Only 0.5% 

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source: The US Bureau of Reclamation 

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 % of available water used for Industry & Agriculture = Over 90% 

 

source: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development 

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Industrial water consumption is a major drain on the world’s limited water supply. The below chart shows this trend. By 2030, water demand is expected to exceed current supply by 40%.   

source:  The World Bank - Water Resources Group

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Ranking of Top 3 Industries by Water Consumption:

1. Oil

2. Pulp

3. Apparel-Textiles

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 Ranking of Top 3 Industries by Water Pollution:

1. Oil

2. Apparel-Textiles

 3. Pulp 

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Therefore, 20% of all industrial freshwater pollution is from Apparel-Textiles 

source: Reuter Sustainability 

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Most of the water (85%) used in Apparel-Textiles processing for is for Fabric Dyeing, which leads to  

5 Trillion Liters (1.3 Trillion Gallons) of freshwater polluted each year for Fabric Dyeing alone 

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sources: Fluence Corp and World Resources Institute

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There is unseen or “virtual water” we consume every day, an example being the water used to grow cotton.

It takes 2,700 Liters (700 Gallons) of water just to grow the cotton for a single cotton t-shirt. That's equivalent to 2.5 years worth of drinking water.

source: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

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Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations  

17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted by world leaders in 2015. WATE AB is focused on No 6: Protecting Water and No 12: Responsible Consumption & Production. 

 

90% of the plastics in our oceans are from Single-Use plastics (Apparel-Textiles is not the main contributor).  Instead, General Textiles contribute to less than 4% of ocean plastics.

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sources: UN World Conservation Monitoring Center report and PEW Charitable Trusts (US) 

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Considering that Apparel-Textiles makes up approx. 70% of the entire General Textiles market (incl. Home & Personal Care products), 4% x 70% = 2.8% Apparel-Textiles total share of ocean plastics

 

source: Grand View Research 

 

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Cotton and Polyester Fabric Dyeing vs. SOLYESTER* Water Use Verification Report 

This in-depth report compares Cotton & Polyester to NEW Textile Technology that eliminates Fabric-Water Dye Processes               *Note that SOLYESTER was previously marketed under the name KIJANI, as seen in the report title.

source: Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Department of Fiber Science

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“SSD” A Swedish Model of Strategic Sustainable Development  – Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) 

Karl Henric Robert, Professor at BTH (original visionary of the SSD methodology) describes a highly collaborative 

and effective sustainable development model across: Industries, Academia, Governmental bodies & Consumers in this TEDx presentation.

 

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