Today 844 million people globally do not have clean water, a number which has risen from last year. We talk about it with Federico Marcon, Head of Strategic Partnerships and Philanthropy at WaterAid Australia.
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water.
WaterAid's State of the World's Water 2018: The Water Gap reveals Papua New Guinea, Uganda, Niger, Mozambique, India and Pakistan are among the countries where the highest percentage or largest number of people cannot get clean water within a half-hour round trip. The report, released to mark World Water Day on 22 March, also includes new data on the often-sizeable gap between rich and poor when it comes to access to water.
Today 844 million people globally do not have clean water, a number which has risen from last year. This is in part because those who are not able to fetch water within a half hour round trip no longer count as having access to water, adding to existing pressures from urbanisation, population growth, shock weather events and poor financing and prioritisation of water supply.
