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Over one billion people lack access to a safe supply of drinking water. Water-related diseases are some of the leading causes of death and disease in the world, and over half of the world's hospital beds are filled by patients succumbing to water-related diseases. Every 15 seconds, or the time it's taken you to read this far, a child dies from a water-related disease. Less than 1% of the world's fresh water is accessible for direct human use, and the failure rate for water systems is over 50%.

The ripple effect in the filthy water is equally frightening.

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