We all need water every single day for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is our good health – unless the around 70% water balance in your body is maintained, you will get dehydrated and this will lead to various health problems including headaches, urinary problems, kidney problems, heart problems, and far more.
Unfortunately there are still far too many people across the globe that still do not have access to clean drinking water or hygienic sanitation. This can lead to carious problems including:
Waterborne Diseases are the leading cause of death globally for children under the age of 5 – contaminated drinking-water causes in excess of 502,000 diarrheal deaths annually. Diarrhoea kills more young children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Dirty water transmits diseases like cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, polio and typhoid. Around 50% of hospital patients across the world are suffering from diseases related to dirty water.
Water Collection is the cause of many women and girl-children not being economically viable. Across the globe, approximately 1.1 billion people have to walk far to collect water in heavy containers every day – of these, 64% are women and 12% are children. This takes time and often results in girl-children either missing school or not being able to attend at all. The lack of hygiene and clean sanitation also affects teenage female scholars negatively.
More than 653 million people, the majority of whom live in rural areas, are using an unimproved water source or ground water. There are still too many major inequalities in access to potable water, with those in the United States averaging 575 litres per day as opposed to individuals in Rwanda who have to make do with a mere 15 litres per day.
It is vital that we all save water where we can and that those in developing countries receive training as well as financial aid to enable them to make the most of the rain that they get, such as being provided with rainwater tanks and being taught rainwater harvesting, water conservation and hygienic water and sanitary practices.
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