Water Quality and Health: Facts and Figures

Water Quality & Health: Facts and Figures BC 1 in 9 people around the world do ot have access to clean drinking water 443 million school days are lost every year due to water related diseases 1 in 5 deaths under the age of 5 worldwide are due to water-related disease 183 million people do not have access to clean, safe water 37% live in Sub- Saharan Africa The United Nations estimated that 40 billion hours per year is lost collecting water in Sub Saharan Africa Investment in clean water could World Health 33% of those who live without clean water live on less Organisation Statistics suggest that every $1 spent on water quality and sanitation, there is an economic return of $3 and $34 give young children around the world as many as 413 million days of health than a dollar a day 90% of deaths due to diarrheal diseases are children under 5 Children under 5 (90%) Children over 5 (10%) Every 21 seconds a child dies from diarrhoea Sources http://water.org/water-crisis/water- facts/children/ http://thewaterproject.org/water_stats GREAVES http://greaves.co.uk/ FLUID PROCESSING SOLUTIONS