. 3.5 million people die each year from water-related disease.
· 84% of water-related deaths are in children ages 0-14.
· 98% of water-related deaths occur in the developing world.
· 884 million people, lack access to safe water supplies, approximately one in eight people.
· The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
· Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use
· An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than the typical person living in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.
· About a third of people without access to an improved water source live on less than $1 a day. More than two thirds of people without an improved water source live on less than $2 a day.
· Without food a person can live for weeks, but without water you can expect to live only a few days.
· The daily requirement for sanitation, bathing, and cooking needs, as well as for assuring survival, is about 13.2 gallons per person.
Why not start a clean water movement where you are? Use this spring to make a true difference for people in great need. Check out the ideas on the resource page, and get going!
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