Clean Water Crisis for Human

Do you know that ... 

1. "884 million people in the world lack access to safe water supplies.

1. 3.5 million people die each year from water-related disease.

1. Almost 2 in 3 people who need safe drinking water survive on less than $2 a day.

1. In many developing countries, women and girls walk on average over 3.5 miles each day to fetch water. Women often spend more than 15 hours per week gathering water.

1. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease."

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Clean water crisis is a truly serious problem that modern world has to face. The name itself describes the problem: many people around the world do not have access to water, a fundamental element of human needs. According to DrinkingWater, 

"Each person on Earth requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water a day for drinking, cooking, and simply keeping themselves clean."

Unprocessed (dirty) water is cleant through sanitation.

However, in some poor areas, the sanitation is not effective or not even available. Those "poor areas" include...

... Somalia, Nigeria, Sudan, and many other African countries. People, especially children and women, in those areas experienced severe diarrhea and even death because there are a lot of bacteria in the water that are not sterile.

What can we do to help? Governments around the world are trying to improve the sanitation systems and make them available for everyone. In small scale, each of us can help alleviating the clean water crisis by saving water:
- Turn tap off while brushing teeth, shaving,...
- Take short shower
- Do not overwater the garden