By Samuel M. Chinwe

Water is an important element in order to sustain life from quenching thirst to This year the United Nations (UN) have themed this year's world water day "Leaving no one behind" which is the central promise of the 2030 agenda for a sustainable development. In 2010 the UN recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights." Below are global facts surrounding water;

1. 2.1 billion People live without safe water at home.
2. One in four primary schools have no drinking water service, with pupils using unprotected sources or going thirsty.
3. More than 700 children under five years of age die every day from diarrhea linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation.
4. Globally, 80% of the people who have to use unsafe and unprotected water sources live in rural areas.
5. Women and girls are responsible for water collection in eight out of ten households with water off-premises.
6. For the 68.5 million people who have been forced to flee their homes, accessing safe water services is highly problematic.
7. According to World Economic Forum, 100% of Kuwait renewable water resources originate from neighboring countries.
8. Around 159 million people collect their drinking water from surface water, such as ponds and streams.


9. Around 4 billion people – nearly two-thirds of the world’s population – experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year.
10. Over 800 women die every day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

11. 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.
12. 884 million People living without access to safe water.
13. 2.3 billion People living without access to improved sanitation.
14. 266 million hours, women and girls spend every day finding a place to go.
15. 200 million hours women and girls spend every day collecting water.
16. 1 million people killed by water, sanitation and hygiene-related disease every year.
17. Every 2 min a child dies from a water-related disease.
18. 3rd leading cause of child death is diarrhea.
19. 1 out of 3 of all schools lack access to basic water and sanitation.
20. $260 billion lost globally each year due to lack of basic water and sanitation.

21. $18.5 billion economic benefits each year from avoided deaths if there was universal access to basic water and sanitation.
22. Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with. Those left behind without safe water suffer the worst health consequences.
23. Almost 240 million people have schistosomiasis -acute, chronic disease- caused by parasitic worms contracted through infested water.


24. 14 000 children under 5 die in the Western Pacific Region each year from diarrhea because of unsafe water, lack of sanitation, poor hygiene.
25. In the Philippines, 1 in 10 people still do not have access to improved water sources. Inadequate and intermittent water supply, most recently seen in Metro Manila, can have serious health consequences.


26. Pakistan is the country with the greatest gap in basic hygiene between the richest and the poorest.
27. The lack of proper sanitation facilities in Nepal lends itself to 30 percent of the population practicing open defecation.
28. Cambodia is one of 18 countries where at least 5 percent of the population relies on delivered water.
29. Nigeria is one of the fastest improving countries when it comes to water quality, but 15 percent of people still drink from unimproved water sources.
30. According to WorldAtlas in 2017 China, USA, Mexico ranked top 3 bottled water consuming countries with 10.42, 10.13 and 8.23 billion gallons respectively with India at number 10 with 1.04 billion gallons.

31. Sudan and Egypt are heavily dependent on the River Nile, which is shared by nine other countries further up the river.


#WorldWaterDay

Source: World Water Day 2019: Things to know About Water Globally

As a professional in the WASH sector, I'm glad to see issues about water access get the attention they deserve. Millions of Nigerians are without access to safe water and sanitation. Here's to joining hands together to ending it by 2030.
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Water is scarce here in Akungba oh

Without WATER.. Life would be LIFELESS..

HAPPY WORLD WATER DAY!!!

No water quenches thirst like the one from the fountain of Jesus

Nigerian land is riddled with boreholes because subsequent governments have failed in carrying out their responsibility of providing safe and drinkable water,the consequences of this are natural disasters in the nearest future.

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Sachets water A. K. A. pure water is accessible for every common man in Nigeria.

Those things about water can be found in Africa and North East Asian Continent

18 million nigerian wast water daily

Opinionated:
By Samuel M. Chinwe

Water is an important element in order to sustain life from quenching thirst to This year the United Nations (UN) have themed this year's world water day "Leaving no one behind" which is the central promise of the 2030 agenda for a sustainable development. In 2010 the UN recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights." Below are global facts surrounding water;

1. 2.1 billion People live without safe water at home.
2. One in four primary schools have no drinking water service, with pupils using unprotected sources or going thirsty.
3. More than 700 children under five years of age die every day from diarrhea linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation.
4. Globally, 80% of the people who have to use unsafe and unprotected water sources live in rural areas.
5. Women and girls are responsible for water collection in eight out of ten households with water off-premises.
6. For the 68.5 million people who have been forced to flee their homes, accessing safe water services is highly problematic.
7. According to World Economic Forum, 100% of Kuwait renewable water resources originate from neighboring countries.
8. Around 159 million people collect their drinking water from surface water, such as ponds and streams.


9. Around 4 billion people – nearly two-thirds of the world’s population – experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year.
10. Over 800 women die every day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

11. 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.
12. 884 million People living without access to safe water.
13. 2.3 billion People living without access to improved sanitation.
14. 266 million hours, women and girls spend every day finding a place to go.
15. 200 million hours women and girls spend every day collecting water.
16. 1 million people killed by water, sanitation and hygiene-related disease every year.
17. Every 2 min a child dies from a water-related disease.
18. 3rd leading cause of child death is diarrhea.
19. 1 out of 3 of all schools lack access to basic water and sanitation.
20. $260 billion lost globally each year due to lack of basic water and sanitation.

21. $18.5 billion economic benefits each year from avoided deaths if there was universal access to basic water and sanitation.
22. Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with. Those left behind without safe water suffer the worst health consequences.
23. Almost 240 million people have schistosomiasis -acute, chronic disease- caused by parasitic worms contracted through infested water.


24. 14 000 children under 5 die in the Western Pacific Region each year from diarrhea because of unsafe water, lack of sanitation, poor hygiene.
25. In the Philippines, 1 in 10 people still do not have access to improved water sources. Inadequate and intermittent water supply, most recently seen in Metro Manila, can have serious health consequences.


26. Pakistan is the country with the greatest gap in basic hygiene between the richest and the poorest.
27. The lack of proper sanitation facilities in Nepal lends itself to 30 percent of the population practicing open defecation.
28. Cambodia is one of 18 countries where at least 5 percent of the population relies on delivered water.
29. Nigeria is one of the fastest improving countries when it comes to water quality, but 15 percent of people still drink from unimproved water sources.
30. According to WorldAtlas in 2017 China, USA, Mexico ranked top 3 bottled water consuming countries with 10.42, 10.13 and 8.23 billion gallons respectively with India at number 10 with 1.04 billion gallons.

31. Sudan and Egypt are heavily dependent on the River Nile, which is shared by nine other countries further up the river.


#WorldWaterDay

Source: World Water Day 2019: Things to know About Water Globally

something finally good coming out of Naija , see number 29, even though we move like snail, we'll surely reach there.

Richdad50:
No water quenches thirst like the one from the fountain of Jesus

I prefer normal water not a tall tale

omohz:


something finally good coming out of Naija , see number 29, even though we move like snail, we'll surely reach there.

I swear to God !!!

I was so glad to see that.

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50cl of bottle water in Saudi Arabia cost more than 1ltr of petrol

[quote author=israelmao post=76895137]Nigerian land is riddled with boreholes because subsequent governments have failed in carrying out their of providing safe drinkable water,the consequences of this are natural disasters in the nearest future.[/quote pls more detail on d last sentence

israelmao:
Nigerian land is riddled with boreholes because subsequent governments have failed in carrying out their of providing safe drinkable water,the consequences of this are natural disasters in the nearest future.

Pls more detail on d last sentence

How do they get all these statistical figure

Nobody counted me o

Opinionated:
By Samuel M. Chinwe.

One in four primary schools have no drinking water service, with pupils using unprotected sources or going thirsty.

Source: World Water Day 2019: Things to know About Water Globally

Majority government schools have no water supply

As important as water is, a 'megacity' like Lagos still has acute shortage of portable water and makes little or no use of the mass body of water surrounding it. Most places in Lagos have no public water, some of the areas get dirty and smelly water, many others make their boreholes, while the borehole water in some places are as good as mud (e.g. Aguda and parts of the Island). The government is also not keying into this natural resources to ease the scourging traffic problem.

All these make me ask myself lots of rhetorical questions: what do I benefit from the government in return for the huge tax and other levies. I provide my security, electricity, transport, water and other needs; I get stucked in traffic day in day out. Its really not about counting huge IGRs!

[quote author=nigeriapolitics post=76896004]
Pls more detail on d last sentence [/q

My actual comment is,Nigerian land is riddled with borehole because subsequent governments have failed in carrying out their responsibility of providing safe and drinkable water,the consequences of this are natural disasters in the nearest future.When land is riddled with many Boreholes without regulations or experts' advice being sought before such activities are carried out, it could be prone to earth tremors or earthquakes.

Water is life, more than 70% of our body is water

Water is life

Good one

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