In some regions, more than 50% of native freshwater fish species are at risk of extinction, and nearly one-third of the world’s amphibians are at risk of extinction.

Children in 100 million homes in the country lack water. In India alone, waterborne diseases are the largest cause of ill health and death among children, which kills nearly half a million children each year.

World wide, just under 900 million people lack reliable access to safe water that is free from disease and industrial waste.