Explore the global water crisis, water shortage, and lack of water affecting billions. Learn how Water.org is tackling these water problems to transform lives.

The clean water crisis is an emerging global crisis affecting approximately 785 million people around the world. [56] 1.1 billion people lack access to water and 2.7 billion experience water scarcity at least one month in a year. 2.4 billion people suffer …

Mar 22, 2023 · The world is facing a looming global water crisis that threatens to “spiral out of control” as increased demand for water and the intensifying impacts of the climate crisis put huge pressure ...

Apr 19, 2023 · Environmental experts told ABC News about the future of water in America and problems the country is facing now. Where is America's water crisis? "The American West is certainly in a water crisis," Reed Maxwell, a professor …

Water scarcity limits access to safe water for drinking and for practising basic hygiene at home, in schools and in health-care facilities. When water is scarce, sewage systems can fail and the threat of contracting diseases like cholera surges. Scarce water also becomes more expensive.

Learn about the causes, effects, and solutions to the global water crisis and how we are helping communities access clean water worldwide. Access to clean and safe drinking water is a basic human need and a cornerstone of health.

Understand the global water crisis affecting 2.2 billion people, and how Water.org is working to provide clean drinking water to solve worldwide water problems.

Each year, the United Nations recognizes the urgency of addressing the global water crisis on World Water Day, observed on March 22. What benefits do water, sanitation, and hygiene offer to children and families? Why do you combine clean water with good sanitation and hygiene? What is …

Apr 3, 2023 · Water scarcity happens when communities can’t fulfill their water needs, either because supplies are insufficient or infrastructure is inadequate. Today, billions of people face some form of...

Oct 16, 2024 · Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives,...