Did you know?

• One billion people do not have an access to safe and affordable drinking water, and 2.4 billion people live in conditions lacking adequate sanitation.
• More than 800 million people, 15% of the world population is malnourished, due in part to insufficient water for crops.
• 2.2 million people in developing countries die every year from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
• Improvements in drinking-water quality through household water treatment can lead to a reduction of diarrheal episodes by between 35 percent and 39 percent.
• The average person in the developing world uses 10 liters of water per day, the average Canadian or U.S. uses more than 300 liters per day.
• About 4,500 children die each day from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities. Countless others suffer from poor health, diminished productivity and missed opportunities for education.
• A child born in Europe or the United States is 520 times less likely to die from diarrheal disease than an infant in sub-Saharan Africa, where only 36 percent of the population has access to hygienic sanitation.