More than half a million people die each year of diarrhea caused by unsafe drinking water with 2.1 billion people still without access to safely managed drinking water. They are among the findings of a new report from Gospel for Asia highlighting the “worldwide water crisis” that they warn could get worse. The report,Dying of Thirst: The Global Water Crisis, says that while safe drinking water is something most of us take for granted, millions of people only have access to contaminated water and millions more are at risk of having no water at all. It says that with demand for drinkable water set to spike by an estimated 30 per cent over the next 30 years, massive pressure is set to be placed upon existing clean water sources.
Dr. K.P. Yohannan, the founder of Gospel for Asia (GFA), said that with the water crisis not going to get any better, the world needs to “start thinking seriously about these things now to prepare ourselves and future generations for the challenges we will face in the days to come, so we can be better equipped to handle them”.
The report concludes with a short list of solutions which it says can make a difference. These include providing families with BioSand water filters, drilling deep wells and training local people to maintain them, launching water reclamation programs, developing national water policies and pursing desalination technologies.
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Read the Dying of Thirst: the Global Water Crisis Report — The Crucial Quest for Access to Clean Water.
Read the Global Clean Water Crisis Report: Finding Solutions to Humanity’s Need for Pure, Safe Water.
Learn more about how to provide clean water to families and villages through Jesus Wells and BioSand Water Filters.
