1.  3.4 million people—mainly children— die as a result of preventable water-related diseases every year. 2.  1.2 billion people—nearly 20 percent of the world’s population—live in areas of physical water scarcity. What does that mean? Water withdrawals for agriculture, industry, and domestic purposes exceed 75 percent of river flows. 3.  In developing countries, an estimated 90 percent of sewage and 70 percent of industrial waste is discharged into […]