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Yep, here are a few stats on that.



Drinking Water Statistics

Each year more than five million people die from water-related disease. (20)

30 percent of water-related deaths are due to diarrhea. (21)

84 percent of water-related deaths are in children ages 0 – 14. (21)

98 percent of water-related deaths occur in the developing world. (21)

For the first time, the number of people without improved drinking water has dropped below one billion. (1)

Less than 1% of the world's fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use. (2)

A person can live weeks without food, but only days without water. (3)

A person needs 4 to 5 gallons of water per day to survive. (4, 5)


The average American individual uses 100 to 176 gallons of water at home each day. (6, 7) The average African family uses about 5 gallons of water each day. (7)


World Water Coverage. View larger map.
90 percent of all deaths caused by diarrheal diseases are children under 5 years of age, mostly in developing countries. (9)

Sustainable management of water resources and sanitation provides great benefits to a society and the economy as a whole...access to safe drinking water is essential for achieving gender equality, sustainable development and poverty alleviation. (8)

Water systems fail at a rate of 50% or higher. (10,11)

Poor people living in the slums often pay 5-10 times more per liter of water than wealthy people living in the same city. (12)




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