The recent Human Development Report 2006 states that a staggering 1.1 billion people in the developing countries do not have adequate access to clean water, whereas an astounding 2.6 billion people lack basic sanitation. The report suggests that every person requires a minimum of 20 litres of water every day ‘for respecting the human right to water.’
The report also talks about viable solutions in terms of basic pit latrines compared to which connecting the household to a modern sewerage system would cost almost twenty times more. It further affirms that there is a direct correlation between improved sanitation and reduction in child mortality by at least 30%.
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