Unsafe water is a leading cause of disease and death throughout the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that at least 1.7 billion (or almost 1 in 4) people on our planet are drinking water each day contaminated by feces, and over half a million people are dying each year from diarrheal diseases caused by contaminated water and inadequate sanitation and hygiene. Many of these are young children – as they are especially vulnerable to the dangers of unsafe water. In Africa, nearly half of the people throughout the continent lack access to safe water, and only 30% of sub-Saharan Africans have access to adequate sanitation, which is only a four-percentage-point improvement since 1990. In contrast, 90% of northern Africans have access. Rising water costs, a lack of infrastructure, and climate change have led to an increase in water scarcity. And the situation is almost always worse in rural areas as they have to travel further to access safe water and sanitation services. In response, the United Nations has included water and sanitation among its Development Goals since 2010 — insisting that everyone on the planet should have access to safe water for drinking, handwashing, and sanitation by the year 2030. from: https://lifewater.ca/the-problem-a-global-water-crisis/
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