Every minute 7 people die from bad water or no water
Over
1.2 billion people have no access to clean water. At least 2.2 million
people die annually from diseases related to poor sanitation and
contaminated drinking water. That's about 10,000 deaths from bad water
(or no water) per day.
Of all the water on Earth,
only 2.5% is fresh, and less than 0.007% is readily available to people
through rivers, lakes and streams. As worldwide populations surge,
temperatures rise, climates change and diseases spread, clean water
will become ever more essential (and ever more rare). In 2000 United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned that national rivalries
over water could harbor "the seeds of violent conflict". Obviously this
is something we want to avoid. By using our systems we can help defuse
problems by providing clean water to anyone that has the need. |