Clean Water and Sanitation

Having clean water is essential to life. Each person on Earth requires at least 20 to 50 liters of clean, safe water a day for drinking, cooking, and simply keeping themselves clean. Polluted water isn’t just dirty it’s deadly. Some 1.8 million people die every year of diarrheal diseases like cholera and many more.

The United Nations considers access to clean water a basic human right and they are not wrong. Communities with poor water and sanitation are typically economically unhealthy. Their citizens are basically trapped in a cycle of polluted water. If the kids are sick because of the polluted water, the less education they will receive. Economic opportunities are lost to the impact of water pollution.

Water is obviously essential for hydration and for food production but sanitation is an equally important. A lack of proper sanitation services is the result of numerous diseases, which are robbing people of their basic human rights. The lack of sanitation is making the world and communities around the world suffer a whole lot. There are many sources of clean water but because of human waste and other factors, water is contaminated.

Imagine yourself without a constant clean water source for months. You have water at any time and anywhere. You waste lots of water by bathing, flushing the toilet, washing your teeth, etc. Just imagine yourself without water for one day. There are plenty of organizations out there with the goal of clean water and sanitation for all. Clean and healthy water is essential for life.