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Share of the population without access to an improved water source, 2020. Global access to clean water is a significant global challenge that affects the health, well-being, and development of people worldwide. While progress has been made in recent years, millions of people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water sources.
[17] In 2022, over 2 billion people, 25% of the world's population, lacked consistent access to clean drinking water. [18] [19] 4.2 billion lacked access to safe sanitation services. [20] [21] [22] By 2024, new estimates are much higher, with 4.4 billion people in low- and middle-income countries lacking access to safe household drinking water ...
Clean Air Act of 1999; Philippine Ecological Waste and Solid Management Act of 2000; Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001; Chain Saw Act of 2002; Philippine Plant Variety Protection Act of 2002; Clean Water Act of 2004; Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008; Climate Change Act of 2009
The human right to water places the main responsibilities upon governments to ensure that people can enjoy "sufficient, safe, accessible and affordable water, without discrimination". Most especially, governments are expected to take reasonable steps to avoid a contaminated water supply and to ensure there are no water access distinctions ...
[56] 21% of countries' diseases are related to water. [57] In 2008, 88% of the population had access and was using improved drinking water sources. [58] However, "Improved drinking water source" is an ambiguous term, ranging in meaning from fully treated and 24-hour availability to merely being piped through the city and sporadically available ...
The target is about "clean water and sanitation for all" by 2030. [53] It is estimated that 660 million people still lacked access to safe drinking water as of 2015. [37] [38] Since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the fight for clean water and sanitation is more important than ever. Handwashing is one of the most common prevention methods for ...
It is no secret that America is not exactly land of the free when it comes to liquor laws. In addition to having the world's highest drinking age (a contentious honor we share with 12 other ...
[4] [1] Major changes have subsequently been introduced via amendatory legislation including the Clean Water Act of 1977 [5] and the Water Quality Act (WQA) of 1987. [6] The Clean Water Act does not directly address groundwater contamination. Groundwater protection provisions are included in the Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation ...