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Safe Water Supply More than a third of the world's people lack a safe water supply. In underdeveloped areas, diarrhea causes 3.5 million deaths in children under age five every year. By 2025, more than two-thirds of the global population will live in countries with serious shortages of clean water. Sources: Critical Trends: Global Change and Sustainable Development," United Nations Report. World Health Organization Report

The Earth's Water Water is the most common substance found on earth. Water covers three-quarters of the earth's surface. Of all the earth's water, only one percent is available as a source of drinking water. Ninety-seven percent is salt water, located in oceans and seas, and two percent is frozen in the polar ice caps. Source: "Water Facts," National Drinking Water Clearinghouse