The average woman has to walk 3.7 miles to get water
More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas.
Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours.
By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water stressed conditions.
"[The water and sanitation] crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns."
More people have a mobile phone than a toilet.
780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people
The average person in the United States uses between 100 and 175 gallons of water everyday at home. Whereas the average person in the developing world uses 2.64 gallons of water a day
Every time you flush the toilet, you use the same amount of water a person in the third world would for everything in ONE day.
In some places sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, women can spend between 15 and 17 hours each week collecting water. In times of drought it can sometimes take even longer. Adequate water supply and good health are tightly linked, and the need to carry water long distances limits the amount women can bring to their families.
More than 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharged untreated, polluting rivers, lakes and coastal areas.
Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every four hours.
By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population could be living under water stressed conditions.
"[The water and sanitation] crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns."
More people have a mobile phone than a toilet.
780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people
The average person in the United States uses between 100 and 175 gallons of water everyday at home. Whereas the average person in the developing world uses 2.64 gallons of water a day
Every time you flush the toilet, you use the same amount of water a person in the third world would for everything in ONE day.
In some places sub-Saharan Africa, for instance, women can spend between 15 and 17 hours each week collecting water. In times of drought it can sometimes take even longer. Adequate water supply and good health are tightly linked, and the need to carry water long distances limits the amount women can bring to their families.