Providing clean water and safe sanitation to the billions of unserved citizens in the developing world is one of the greatest challenges facing the world community for the 21st century. We have compiled a number of quotes to highlight the seriousness of this issue.
Despite decades of effort...and $30 billion of water investment in developing countries each year...an estimated 10,000 people...die everyday from water and excreta- related diseases. Thousands more suffer debilitating illnesses. The tragedy is that these deaths and illnesses are entirely preventable..." (World bank)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO): "At any given time perhaps one-half of all people in the developing world are suffering from one or more of the six main diseases associated with water supply and sanitation. (diarrhoea, ascaris, dracunculiasis, hookworm, schistosomiasis, trachoma)

More information on water and sanitation can be found in the links below:

http://www.who.int/en/
 World Health Organisation Website containing many useful facts and figures relating to health and sanitation issues
 http://www.unep.org/
 United Nations Environmental Program main web site
 http://freshwater.unep.net/
 UNEP portal on freshwater providing an excellent source of information on the global freshwater status.
 http://www.undp.org/
 United Nations Development Program main web site
 http://www.undp.org/hdr2002/
 UNDP Human Development Index
 http://www.earthprint.com/
 On line book store for UN publications
 http://solarcooking.org/sunandwater.htm
 Information on using solar power to pasteurise water
 Mtmdrains Uk Company
 Specialists in UK Septic Tank and Sewage Treatment Plant
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 http://www.lifewater.org/links.htm
 Website with a number of interesting water related links