More than 70 per cent of the world is covered with water in seas and oceans. The fact is, though, that 97 per cent ofwater is too salty for
use, and most of the freshwater in the world is too difficult to reach. Much of it is underground or frozen in icebergs. Only one per cent of the earth's fresh water is readily available, but that, if managed properly, is plenty to meet the world's needs.
However, even this one per cent is sometimes unsafe to drink. Every day, 14,000 people die because their water is polluted by dangerous chemicals or untreated sewage. Diarrhoea caused by dirty water and dirty conditions, kills more than one million children a year through
dehydration. Hundreds of millions of people suffer repeated bouts of diarrhoea which does not kill them but saps their energy and ability to work and grow food.
More than 70 per cent of the world is covered with water in seas and oceans. The fact is, though, that 97 per cent ofwater is too salty foruse, and most of the freshwater in the world is too difficult to reach. Much of it is underground or frozen in icebergs. Only one per cent of the earth's fresh water is readily available, but that, if managed properly, is plenty to meet the world's needs.However, even this one per cent is sometimes unsafe to drink. Every day, 14,000 people die because their water is polluted by dangerous chemicals or untreated sewage. Diarrhoea caused by dirty water and dirty conditions, kills more than one million children a year throughdehydration. Hundreds of millions of people suffer repeated bouts of diarrhoea which does not kill them but saps their energy and ability to work and grow food.
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