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Does everyone have access to fresh water?
“One out of every five people does not have safe water to drink.” Billions of people across the world lack access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. One out of every five people does not have safe water to drink, and nearly one out of every two people doesn’t have access to a decent toilet.
What percentage of people have access to drinking water?
In 2017, 71% of the global population (5.3 billion people) used a safely managed drinking-water service – that is, one located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination. 90% of the global population (6.8 billion people) used at least a basic service.
How much of the world’s population doesn’t have clean water?
It is estimated that 1 in 10 people (785 million) still lack basic services, including the 144 million who drink untreated surface water.
How many people in the US don’t have access to safe water?
More than 2,000,000 Americans live without basic access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
What percentage of the water on Earth is freshwater?
3%
3% of the earth’s water is fresh. 2.5% of the earth’s fresh water is unavailable: locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil; highly polluted; or lies too far under the earth’s surface to be extracted at an affordable cost. 0.5% of the earth’s water is available fresh water.
Where does most freshwater exist?
Over 68 percent of the fresh water on Earth is found in icecaps and glaciers, and just over 30 percent is found in ground water. Only about 0.3 percent of our fresh water is found in the surface water of lakes, rivers, and swamps.
How many people in the US have access to water?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Tracker, which tracks progress toward meeting Sustainable Development Goal Number 6—calling for universal access to potable water and sanitation for all by 2030—estimates that 99.2% of the US population has continuous access to potable water and 88.9% has access to …