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The liquid,the solid and the invisible.

People living in the slums often pay 5-10 times more per liter of water than wealthy people living in the same city.

3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease.

An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.

Millions of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources. 

Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use.

Agriculture is the largest consumer of freshwater by far: about 70% of all freshwater withdrawals go to irrigated agriculture

The ancient romans had better water quality tahn half the people now.

Only 63% of the world population have acess to improved sanitation.

Over 50% of all water projects fail in the first few years.

More people in the world have cell phones than acess to toilet.

source:water.org