Safe Water Access – Stats
- Globally, 1 in 10 people lack access to safe water.
- Every 90 seconds a child dies from water-related disease. http://water.org/water-crisis/water-sanitation-facts/
- Globally, an estimated 2,000 children under the age of five die every day from diarrheal diseases and of these some 1,800 deaths are linked to water, sanitation and hygiene. http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68359.html
- Globally and collectively, women and children spend 125 million hours each day collecting water. http://water.org/water-crisis/water-sanitation-facts/
- 1 in 3 schools globally lack access to adequate sanitation and clean drinking water.
- US$1 invested would give an economic return of between US$3 and US$34, depending on the region. http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/wsh0404summary/en/