Water Facts

• 1.1 Billion or approximately 1/6 of the world's population does not have access to an improved water supply.
• A person can live weeks without food, but only days without water.
• The average American individual uses 100 to 176 gallons of water at home each day. The average African family uses about 5 gallons.
• Every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-related diseases.
• 1.8 million children die each year from diarreha-4,900 deaths each day.
• No intervention has greater overall impact upon national development and public health than the provisoin of safe drinking water and the propoer disposal of human waste.