Chart of 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
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