World Water Day 2012-2020 : March 23: Friday: 2012 -United Arab Emirates : Global Citynews

Dec. 25, 2011 - PRLog -- The    world   water    crisis is one of the largest public health issues of our time.
Nearly 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the world’s population)  lack   access to safe drinking water1.  The lack of clean,   safe drinking   water is  estimated to kill almost 4,500 children per day.     In fact,    out of   the    2.2 million    unsafe drinking  water deaths in 2004, 90% were children under the age of five. Water is      essential    to   the    treatment of diseases, something especially critical for children.

This problem   isn’t    confined to a particular region of the world. A third of the
Earth’s population     lives    in      “water stressed” countries and that number is expected  to rise dramatically over the next two decades. The crisis is worst in developing  countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The   world  water   crisis is created by a confluence of factors including climate
and geography,     lack     of water systems and infrastructure,  and    inadequate sanitation, something that     2.6 billion people (40% of the world’s population) lack access.  Some of these countries have additional problems, including high levels of arsenic  and fluoride in drinking water. Let us work together to  implement and influence water and  sanitation policy and practice.

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The world water crisis is one of the largest public health issues of our time.
Nearly 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the world’s population) lack access to safe drinking water1. The lack of clean, safe drinking water is estimated to kill almost 4,500 children per day. In fact, out of the 2.2 million unsafe drinking water deaths in 2004, 90% were children under the age of five. Water is essential to the treatment of diseases, something especially critical for children.