According to the latest data, between 800 and 900 million people are without access to good water in the world. Reliable sources like Water.org indicate that;
- every 21 seconds, a child dies from a water- related illness
- women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water
- 3.4 million people die each year from a water-related disease (almost the entire city of Los Angeles)
- Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every 4 hours