Water-related disease is one of the leading causes of death for children under five in developing countries. This killer takes the lives of more than 14,000 people each day and is responsible for 80 percent of all sickness in the developing world, resulting in 4 to 5 billion diarrhea episodes per year.
Impure, unsafe water is a significant health problem in developing countries. More than 1.1 billion people lack access to a reliable supply of safe, affordable drinking water. In many areas, people are forced to use surface waters that contain sewage or other pollutants as their main water source for bathing, washing dishes and clothes, and even drinking water.
The global need for safe drinking water goes beyond health issues. Poverty cycles are perpetuated when sickness from contaminated water and tasks such as cutting wood for fuel to boil water steal time from education and productivity.
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Access to Safe Drinking Water and Its Impact on Global Economic Growth
Despite a concentrated international effort, significant investment and widespread educational campaigns, access to safe drinking water appears to be in decline. HaloSource®, a leading global clean water and antimicrobial technology company, set out to examine the possible reasons for this decline and the potential impact it may have on global economic growth.
The paper answers the following questions:
- How serious is the problem?
- - When will access to safe drinking water decline and to what extent?
- - Why will access to safe drinking water decline?
- How does access to safe drinking water affect economic growth?
- - When might the world economy suffer from a decline in access to safe drinking water?
- - How can the possible negative economic consequences from a fall in access to safe drinking water be averted?