SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS is a program initiative set out by the United Nations in 2015 for better world conditions by 2030. Directing attention to 17 different groups for global development we are in alinement with goal number 6.
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GOAL 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of this world we want to live in, and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet for achieving 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.
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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 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.
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To improve sanitation and access to drinking water, there needs to be increased investment in the management of the freshwater ecosystems and sanitation facilities on a local level in several developing countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, and Southeastern Asia.
FACTS AND FIGURES
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1 in 4 health care facilities lacks basic water services.
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3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities.
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At least 892 million people continue to practice open defecation.
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Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80% of households without access to water on premises.
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Between 1990 and 2015, the proportions of the global population using improved drinking water sources has increased from 76% to 90%.
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Water scarcity affects more than 40% of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge.
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2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines.
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More than 80% of wastewater resulting from human activities is discharged into rivers or seas without a pollution removal
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Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases
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Approximately 70% of all water abstracted from rivers, lakes, and aquifers are used for irrigation.
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floods and other water-related disasters account for 70% of all deaths related to natural disasters.
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