WATER FACTS

• Lack of clean water kills more people everyday than anything else
• 90% of all diseases in the world are caused by unsafe drinking water
• According to the United Nations Development Program, “Clean water and sanitation are among the most powerful preventative medicines for reducing child mortality.”
• A child dies every 15 seconds because of a lack of clean water
• Women and girls spend 15-20 hours a week collecting water, often walking 7-10 miles during a dry season
• Over 1/3 of the world’s population has no access to sanitation facilities
• 1 out of 4 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide is due to water related disease
• In the next 24 hours, diarrhea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation will claim the lives of 4,000 children