At present, 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water and 2.4 billion lack adequate sanitation.
"At present, 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water and 2.4 billion lack adequate sanitation. In 2000, an estimated 2.2 million people, most of them infants or children under 5, died from water related diseases."
Source: Sawin, Janet, World Watch, July/August 2003, 8
