According to the United Nations Development Program, more than one billion people, or about one in six worldwide, do not have safe drinking water, and more than two billion lack access to adequate sanitation.
p>According to the United Nations Development Program, more than one billion people, or about one in six worldwide, do not have safe drinking water, and more than two billion lack access to adequate sanitation.Water & Environment
Water partnership expanded

Students in South Africa have benefited from leak repairs and the installation of improved water supply and sanitation infrastructure at schools (Photo: The Coca-Cola Company; Brent Stirton/Getty Images)
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Coca-Cola Company announce an additional joint investment of US$12.7mn in their global partnership, the Water and Development Alliance (WADA).
Water means even more in Africa
Zimbabwean Muchadeyi Masunda has a water problem: none comes to his house.
Recycling drive results in massive water savings
In just two months, tyre giant Goodyear South Africa saved 5.6mn litres of water – the amount 180 houses would use in a month – through an intensive, ongoing recycling initiative.