Water for the Future

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Water: A Matter of Life and Death

United Nations Department of Public Information, 2002

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There are more than one billion people who lack access to a steady supply of clean water. There are 2.4 billion people — more than a third of the world’s population — who do not have access to proper sanitation. The results are devastating:

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