SOURCED WITH THANKS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

GOAL 6: INSURE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL

3 BILLION PEOPLE LACK ACCESS TO BASIC SANITATION SERVICES, SUCH AS TOILETS

MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF WASTEWATER RESULTING FROM HUMAN ACTIVITIES

IS DISCHARGED INTO OUR OCEANS AND RIVERS WITHOUT TREATMENT, LEADING TO POLLUTION

Clean water and sanitation is unsurprisingly a main focus of effort by a number of charities as well as many governments.  In one stroke, proper sanitation improves the health, happiness and well-being of families and communities, reduces the pollution of water ways, lakes and oceans and lowers the risk and spread of disease.

Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all

Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. At the current time, more than 2 billion people are living with the risk of reduced access to freshwater resources and by 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. Drought in specific areas afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition. Fortunately, there has been great progress made in the past decade regarding drinking sources and sanitation, whereby over 90% of the world’s population now has access to improved sources of drinking water.

To improve sanitation and access to drinking water, there needs to be increased investment in management of freshwater ecosystems and sanitation facilities on a local level in several developing countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia.

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