Water Crisis Facts

Here in New England we take pure, clean drinking water for granted-it's readily available whenever we want it. However, many people throughout the world have only limited access to clean, healthy water.

* More than 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. That is roughly one-sixth of the world's population.

* Every day 6,000 children die from water related disease due to lack of safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene. This is one child dying every 15 seconds.

* At any one time, it is estimated that half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from waterborne diseases.

These facts were collected by Water Mission International, www.watermissions.org. Check out their website for more