Over 660 million people lack access to safe water and 2.4 billion people lack access to sanitation facilities. A third of the global population lives without access to a toilet and more people have mobile phones than toilets. A review of rural water projects in Africa, South Asia, and Central America found average failure rates of 20-40%. Globally, a third of schools and healthcare facilities in low and middle-income countries lack safe water and adequate sanitation. The water crisis poses the largest risk to society according to the World Economic Forum.

1. Water & Sanitation Facts

2. 663 million people - 1 in 10 -
lack access to safe water.

3. 2.4 billion people - 1 in 3 -
lack access to a toilet.

4. Twice the population of the United States
lives without access to safe water.

5. 1/3 of the global population
lives without access to a toilet.

6. More people have a mobile
phone than a toilet.

7. A review of rural water system sustainability in eight countries
in Africa, South Asia, and Central America found an average
water project failure rate of 20 - 40 percent.

8. Globally, 1/3 of all schools lack access to
safe water and adequate sanitation.

9. In low and middle-income
countries, 1/3 of all healthcare
facilities lack a safe water source.

10. The water crisis is the #1 global risk based on impact
to society (as a measure of devastation), as announced
by the World Economic Forum in January 2015.

11. Save Water for the Future...

12. Save The World .
By Yogendra Chavda