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Drinking Water

The essential data about drinking water explained in 4 infographics. Detailed maps, charts and tables covering percentage of population with reasonable access to safe drinking water, global use of water and sanitation services, death from unsafe water and sanitation, groundwater contamination in the us and more. Learn the truth about drinking water and how it relates to the state of the world on The Global Education Project website with un-biased facts from the most reliable sources.
Percentage of Population With Reasonable Access to Safe Drinking Water
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...
Death from Unsafe Water and Sanitation
Groundwater Contamination in the US "60% of the most hazardous liquid waste in the United States, 34 billion liters of solvents, heavy metals, and radioactive materials, is injected straight into deep groundwater via thousands of injection wells..." [1] "The industries requiring the...


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