Water crisis

Water Crisis

And now for the serious stuff, some facts:

• 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water

• 2.6 billion people lack adequate sanitation (2002, UNICEF/WHO JMP 2004)

• 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases.

• 3 900 children die every day from water borne diseases (WHO 2004)

For more information, see:

World Water council website

UN MDG website