Goal: To show a visual comparison of the water usage (waste) of the US and impoverished countries. Statistical research will be displayed at the bottom of two larger than life panels which will have the video projected upon them. By accompanying the video with the additional juxtaposition of sound, the power of the comparisons are strengthened.Because the images are mere projections, I am contemplating the possibilities for objects on which I can place the videos. Ideally, the projections will be no smaller than 18’, and the sound should fully surround the viewer.The following page contains statistical research to which I will base the written component.waterHaving access to safe and sufcient water and sanitation are now recognized as basic human rights. Being able to wash one’s hands and drink clean water can have a major impact on family hygiene and health. Women play an especially important role in this process. Because people who are poor are most likely to get sick, and ill health perpetuates poverty, it triggers a vicious cycle that hampers economic and social development. Water and healthDiarrhoeal diseases- Every day, diarrhoeal diseases cause some 6,000 deaths, mostly among children under ve. - In 2001, 1.96 million people died from infectious diarrhoeas; 1.3 million were children under ve. - Between 1,085,000 and 2,187,000 deaths due to diarrhoeal diseases can be attributed to the ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’ risk factor, 90 percent of them among children under ve. - With simple hygiene measures such as washing hands after using the toilet or before preparing food, most of these deaths are preventable.Malaria- Over 1 million people die from malaria every year.- About 90 percent of the annual global rate of deaths from malaria occur in Africa south of the Sahara. - Malaria causes at least 300 million cases of acute illness each year.- The disease costs Africa more than US$12 million annually and slows economic growth in African countries by 1.3 percent a year. - Sleeping under mosquito nets would be one simple but effective way to prevent many cases of malaria, especially for children under ve.Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis)- More than 200 million people worldwide are infected by schistosomiasis. - 88 million children under fteen years are infected each year with schistosomes. - 80 percent of transmission takes place in Africa south of the Sahara.Water and sanitation1 billion people lack access to improved water supply2.4 billion people lack access to improved sanitationAccess to piped water through household connections- Latin America and the Caribbean: 66% - Asia: 49% - Africa: 24% Access to sanitation linked to a sewage system:- Latin America and the Caribbean: 66% - Asia: 18% - Africa: 13% To achieve the above targets:- an additional 1.5 billion people will require access to some form of improved water supply by 2015, that is an additional 100 million people each year (274,000/day) until 2015; - access to drinking water globally means providing services for about 1.9 billion people are required to gain access to improved sanitation, that is an additional 125 million people each year (342,000/day) until 2015; - in urban areas, more than 1 billion additional people will need access to both water supply and sanitation over the next fteen years in order to meet the