- Every 15 seconds, a child dies from water-related diseases.
- Every day 4,500 children die from water-related diseases.
- 1.8 million children die each year from diarrhea, generally from drinking contaminated water.
- Water-related diseases are the leading cause of death for children under age 5.
- Half of all the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease.
- Close to half of all people in developing countries are suffering from health problems caused by water and sanitation deficits.
- Contaminated water and lack of sanitation claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
- 1.1 billion people lack access to any clean water supply - 1/6 of all the people on earth.
- Each person needs 4 to 5 gallons of water per day to survive.
- The average American individual uses 80 to 100 gallons of water at home each day.
- The average African family uses 5 gallons of water at home each day.
- Millions of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources.
- Two thirds of all families lacking access to clean water live on less $2 a day.
- Every $1 spent on water and sanitation creates a savings of $8 in other costs and increased productivity.
- No other service has greater impact upon families and nations than providing safe drinking water and the proper disposal of human waste.
