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Proportion of hospital beds occupied by people with water-borne diseases
3 hours
Amount of time many women and girls in rural Africa spend collecting water each day –expending a third of the energy from their daily food diet
20 litres
Typical daily consumption of water per person in developing countries
50 per cent
Leakage rate of water in most African cities
70 per cent
Proportion of the fresh water we consume worldwide that goes to grow food
200 litres
Average volume of water consumed daily by each delegate to the summit
Children who die each day from…
