Drinking water source contaminated with faeces

Contaminated water can transmit diseases such diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio. Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause 485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.

Round trip of 30 minutes just to collect water

A basic service is an improved drinking-water source within a round trip of 30 minutes to collect water.

Contaminated water transmits diseases

Contaminated water can transmit diseases such diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio. Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause 485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year.

FACTS AND FIGURES

An estimated 2.2 billion people need access to safely managed drinking water, including 884 million currently without basic drinking water services.

2+ Billion
Need access to drinking water
884 Million
No access to basic drinking water
72%
Diarrheal deaths due to unsafe drinking water
207+ Million
People use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces
207 Million
People spend over 30 minutes per round trip to collect water from an improved source
22%
Health facilities in Least Developed Countries have no safe water

Let's End The Drinking Water Crisis

Families, especially children, have to walk several kilometers each day in certain regions to fetch water from natural wells or small streams. Water from these wells and streams are known to cause illness and disease. Worldwide water crisis is real.

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Some impact of the drinking Water Crisis

01

Education

Lack of access to drinking water limits children education and contributes to poverty

02

Health

The water crisis is a health crisis. Every 2 minutes a child dies from a water-related disease.

03

Economic

Yearly, time spent fetching drinking water accounts for billions in lost economic opportunities

04

Women

Women and children spend over 200 million hours every day fetching water from wells or streams.