Water Day

Key statistics from "The Water Report":

• 1.1 billion people don’t have safe, clean water to drink
• 5000 children die every day from water-related diseases
• water-related disease is the second biggest killer of children worldwide, after acute respiratory infections like tuberculosis
• 443 million school days are lost each year due to water-related diseases
• the average European uses 200 litres of water every day; North Americans use 400 litres
• the average person in the developing world uses 10 litres of water every day for their drinking, washing and cooking. This is the same amount used in the average flush of a UK toilet
  
• households in rural Africa spend an average of 26% of their time fetching water, and it is generally women who are burdened with the task
• an extra US$10 billion each year is needed to reach the Millennium Development Goal target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe water and sanitation – about half of what rich countries spend on mineral water

Open or download the Water Report in .pdf. March 22nd is the Water Day. For more, visit Wateraid. org