Inter Press ServiceFEATURED VIDEO: World Water Day https://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/featured-video-world-water-day/ News and Views from the Global South Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:19:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 FEATURED VIDEO: World Water Day https://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/featured-video-world-water-day/ https://www.ipsnews.net/2017/03/featured-video-world-water-day/#comments Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:26:23 +0000 IPS World Desk http://www.ipsnews.net/?p=149550 683 million people still lack improved drinking water sources.

683 million people still lack improved drinking water sources.

By IPS World Desk
ROME, Mar 22 2017 (IPS)

World Water Day on March 22nd gives us an opportunity to reflect on the one simple truth: water is life.

 

Globally, over 80% of the wastewater generated by society flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused.  Today, 1.8 billion people use a source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio.

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