1. You Will be Investing in the 'Ultimate' commodity. No-one can do without it. 

          Demand for water is growing because:

• 10 years term but can be sold earlier
• 100% Capital Protection provided by Barclays Bank plc
• Target returns of 9%-11% per annum
• Focus on purely water-related large caps around the World
• Compelling fundamentals for continued strength in water sector
• Professional and Experienced Fund Team

• Available in: GBP; USD, EUR
• Minimum Investment: £10, 000; $20,000; EUR15,000
• Initial charge is ZERO for the first 12 months of trading
• On review at the end of that first year period it is likely that an initial dealingprice will be imposed.
• Redemption Fee:  5.00% during the first 5 years only
• Dealing: Monthly (1st of each month)
• Fund domicile:  Isle of Man

• 97.5% of the earth's water is saltwater.
• More than half of the people in the world get their water from the Himalayas
• The water we drink has been circling around in the water cycle for millions of years – that means the same water exists now as when the dinosaurs were on the Earth!
• The amount of fresh water supply provided by the hydrological cycle does not increase. Water everywhere on the planet is an integral part of the hydrologic cycle.
• Many major rivers are running dry – Colorado, Ganges, Indus, Rio Grande and Yellow – are so over-tapped that they now run dry for part of the year.
• Freshwater wetland has shrunk by about half worldwide.
• In 1972, the Yellow River in China failed to reach the sea for the first time in history. That year it failed on 15 days; every year since, it has run dry for a longer period of time, until in 1997, it failed to reach the sea for 226 days.
• The UK has less available water per person than most other European countries.
• London is drier than Istanbul, and the South East of England has less water available per person than the Sudan and Syria.
• Water is scarce in parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as in England - large scale drought is already occurring in the UK, with the lowest rainfall, groundwater and reservoir levels for decades.
• A country is said to experience "water stress" when annual water supplies drop below 1,700 cubic meters per person. At levels between 1,700 and 1,000 cubic meters per person, periodic or limited water shortages can be expected. When annual water supplies drop below 1,000 cubic meters per person, the country faces water scarcity.
• The average amount of water needed to produce one kilogramme of potatoes is 1000 litres, wheat is 1450 litres and rice is 3450 litres. (Gleick 2001).
• The average European uses 200 litres of water every day. North Americans use 400 litres.
• It takes 2,400 litres to produce a hamburger and 11,000 litres to make a pair of jeans, including the water needed to grow the cotton.
• The average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water every day for their drinking, washing and cooking. (Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC))
• An old lavatory uses at least nine litres of water a flush; a low-flush model uses as little as three litres. Each household in the UK uses about 50 litres a person a day for flushing – 35% of domestic water use. (Environment Agency)
• Filling a typical kettle consumes 2.5 litres of water, a bath takes 80 litres of water to be filled and by washing their clothes everyday an individual takes 65 litres of water to fill a washing machine up.
• Each person in the UK currently uses about 150 litres of water every day. This has been rising by 1% a year since 1930. This consumption level is not sustainable in the long-term.
• Agriculture accounts for over 70% of the world's water consumption. (UN Environment Programme (UNEP))
• It takes at least 2,000 litres to produce enough food for one person for one day.
  Global water use is divided as follow: 70% Agriculture, 22% Industry, 8% Domestic.