1 in 9 people in the world do not have access to clean water
​80% of them live in rural areas

nearly half of all people in the world using dirty water live in Sub-Saharan Africa

around the world,
​663 million people lack access to clean, safe drinking water
​
twice the population of the U.S.

159 million people use untreated, unsafe water from lakes & rivers
​many times these water sources are also shared with livestock

1,000 children die from diseases each day due to water-related illnesses

2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation & hygiene facilities

the 3rd leading cause of child deaths is diarrhea, mostly caused by drinking dirty water