Exactly one year later, we broke ground on a water and sanitation project in a small rural community called Joezohn with no access to safe drinking water or sanitation facilities.
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"Mukhtar played an important role in providing vulnerable communities with access to clean drinking water and sanitation in areas where the risk of water-based diseases is high, " UNICEF Deputy Representative Hannan Sulieman said.
Many of Guatemala's rural indigenous communities lack infrastructure basics such as clean drinking water, sanitation and electricity.
The war destroyed major water points and water systems, forcing millions of Liberians to go without access to clean and safe drinking water and proper sanitation facilities.
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Improving water resource management, increasing access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and promoting hygiene can improve the quality of life of billions of individuals, as well as reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and cut the incidence of waterborne diseases.
Their conditions are abject: crowded, short of drinking water and with poor sanitation.
As regards human consumption, the main source of demand comes from urban communities requiring water for drinking, sanitation and drainage.
Yet there is a shortage of safe water for drinking and sanitation in many places, not least in the cities to which so many people are now flocking.
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 5 million people die each year from diseases caused by unsafe drinking water, and lack of sanitation and water for hygiene.
The study also cited other factors as contributing to the plight of the urban poor such as improper sanitation, contaminated drinking water, and urban pollution.
The new bank report calculates that about 830 million people throughout the Asia Pacific region lack safe drinking water and over two billion lack sanitation facilities.
Potential investors are also being scared off by cholera, even though it can be easily prevented with good sanitation and clean drinking water (or treated by oral rehydration).
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In 2000 the World Health Organisation estimated that, of the world's then 6 billion people, at least 1.1 billion were without safe drinking water and 2.4 billion had no sanitation.
But a UNICEF spokeswoman said safe drinking water, shelter materials, water purification tablets, cooking sets, mosquito nets, medicine and sanitation supplies were all in dire need.
One of the most frequently forgotten dimensions of the water crisis is the fact that 900 million people in the world do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people do not have basic sanitation.
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Health officials say the water-borne disease is spreading fast because of the poor sanitation or contaminated water which Zimbabweans are using for drinking and to prepare food.
They told of physical abuse, poor food and sanitation, little access to medical treatment and deprivation of drinking water.
Many companies, with well-established international logistical capacities, are also uniquely placed to contribute directly in getting food, drinking water and medical care to the survivors of the catastrophe and in re-establishing sanitation and communication.
Glaciers, ice fields, and snowpack store an immense amount of fresh water and gradually release it to meet year-round needs for irrigation, drinking, sanitation, industrial processing, clean energy, and food production.
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The industrial sector uses an estimated 45% of water in the United States, agriculture accounts for 42% and domestic uses, like drinking and sanitation, account for a mere 13%.
The World Water Council, founded in 1996 to promote awareness, build political commitment and trigger action on critical water issues, notes on its website that more than one out of six people (1.1 billion) in the world already lack access to safe drinking water, and that more than two out of six people (2.6 billion) lack adequate sanitation.
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