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FACT: WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WALK 4 MILES A DAY TO ACCESS CLEAN WATER. | FACT: EVERY 15 SECONDS A CHILD DIES FROM LACK OF ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. | FACT: OVER 1 BILLION PEOPLE LACK ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. | FACT: LESS THAN 1%OF THE WORLD'S FRESH WATER (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) IS READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR DIRECT HUMAN USE. | FACT: MILLIONS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN SPEND SEVERAL HOURS A DAY COLLECTING WATER FROM DISTANT, OFTEN POLLUTED SOURCES. | FACT: MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR RIVERS ARE BEING SERIOUSLY DEPLETED AND POLLUTED, WHICH DEGRADES AND POISONS THE SURROUNDING ECOSYSTEMS. THIS THREATENS THE HEALTH AND LIVELIHOOD OF PEOPLE WHO DEPEND UPON THE ECOSYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION, DRINKING AND INDUTRIAL WATER.
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