3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities. Water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion
2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases
people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge. More than 80 per cent of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal
