Quick facts & figures

For presentations or articles you might need some quick facts to come up with, for example: “The simple act of washing hands with soap and water can reduce diarrhoeal disease by one-third”. We have compiled an overview of sources providing a quick start to these data. For more in-depth statistical information it is better to check the statistical databases listed under the water and sanitation databases.

Quick facts and figures provided by the following web sites:

• Environment Canada, Fresh Water web site – Quickfacts
• IDRC – Facts & Figures on Fresh Water
• International Year of Freshwater 2003 – Facts and Figures
• People and planet.net, -people and water –factfiles
• WASH Facts and Figures
• Water Basics, by Len Abrams, The Water Page
• WHO Facts and Figures.