Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. Demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors. 40 per cent shortfall in freshwater resources by 2030 coupled with a rising world population has the world careening towards a global water crisis. Recognizing the growing challenge of water scarcity the UN General Assembly launched the Water Action Decade on 22 March 2018, to mobilize action that will help transform how we manage water.‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

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Life without clean water

Water serves as a means to cook, clean, bathe, drink, and grow food/livestock. It is a corner stone of life, however nearly 29% of the world does not have access to safely managed drinking water (WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP)). People without direct access to clean water are unknowingly taking risks to their health when they drink from surface streams, unregulated delivery systems, or poorly positioned wells. Diseases such as cholera, hepatitis A, dysentery, and typhoid can all be linked to inadequate sanitation or contaminated water. The Global Burden of Disease found in 2017 that 1.2 million deaths were attributed to unsafe water.