Is water essential to health?
• Water is essential to health 3,900 children die each day due to dirty water or poor hygiene. 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases Including cholera) the equivalent of 15 killer tsunamis each year or 12 Boeing 747 crashes every day. The UN recommendations call for a minimum of 50 litres of water a day per person for drinking, washing, cooking and sanitation.