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| Source - unwater.org |
is World Water Day simply because not everyone in the world has enough ready and unfettered access to safe water 365/24.
The Ones Without Access to Safe Water
Nearly 800 million people do not have easy access to safe water
- Approximately, One out of every 9 people on the planet, do not have easy access to safe water
- Half the rural population in 27 developing countries, most of them in Asia and Africa, does not have easy and convenient access to safe water
- Approximately 3.5 billion people are projected to suffer from limitations of access to safe water
- On average, it takes an individual (usually a woman, a young girl or a child) 6 hours to fetch minimal amounts of necessary safe water. This time could be put to better use, under certain circumstances, if these individuals did not need to spend this time on fetching safe water, e.g.:
- Global food production could increase by about 25%
- Children could spend over 400 million more hours in a school
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The Ones who End Up Using Unsafe Water
Unsafe water is responsible for disease and death:
- As many as 1.5 million deaths (mostly children) result from unsafe water. This is approximately 1 person (child) dying every 20 seconds
- Untold resources are used to save from illnesses caused by dirty water
The Ones Who Do Not Have Adequate Sanitation
Roughly 2.5 billion people suffer from lack of sanitation
Water Demand
Demand for safe water is expected to increase from current levels by 44% by 2050 for production of electricity, agriculture, domestic use and industrial manufacturing.
The problem is well known; The remedy does not exist!
