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Chart of Global Use of Water and Sanitation Services

Global Use of Water and Sanitation Services
"90% of the developing world's waste water is still discharged untreated into local rivers and streams."
"In 2015, an estimated 2.1 billion people lacked access to safely managed drinking water services and 4.5 billion lacked access to safely managed sanitation services."

2005 version of this chart

Sources

WHO/UNICEF: Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene; 2017 data; www.washdata.org

Tags: drinking water, sanitation, wastewater, global use of water and sanitation services, fresh-water

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