Taking for Granted the "Little Things"

2.5% of all water on earth is fresh water.
70% of that is locked in ice and permanent snow.
30% is water we can use.
2 million tons of human waste is dumped into the water supply EACH DAY.
80% of illness in the developing world is water related.
Every 20 SECONDS, a child dies due to poor sanitation.
In Nairobi, the urban poor pay 10 TIMES MORE for water than in NYC.
1 in 4 city residents, globally, can't access safe water.
Up to 50% of water is lost in cities in the developing world due to leaks.

Urban residents connected to safe drinking water:
USA 97%
Brazil 88%
Moldova 79%
Bhutan 54%
Kenya 47%
Fiji 32%
Haiti 21%
Myanmar 16%
Uganda 11%


--Information and graphic published March 26, 2012, on CNN.com