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Water Facts

Water Facts

  • The water crisis is the #1 global risk based on impact to society (as a measure of devastation), and the #8 global risk based on likelihood (likelihood of occurring within 10 years) as announced by the World Economic Forum, January 2015.
  • 750 million people around the world lack access to safe water; approximately one in nine people.
  • More than twice the population of the United States lives without access to safe water.
  • Diarrhea caused by inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally, or approximately 2,300 people per day.
  • 82% of those who lack access to improved water live in rural areas, while just 18% live in urban areas.

From the World Health Organization and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). (2015) Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation, 2015 Update and MDG Assessment

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