When it comes to access to clean drinking water the statistics are stark. Every 21 seconds a child dies from a water-borne illness. Some 783 million people around the world still lack access to clean water and are vulnerable to water borne diseases, including diarrhea, the leading cause of illness and death. Improved access to sanitation and clean drinking water could reduce diarrheal diseases by nearly 90 percent, saving lives and lifting the burden they place on the health budgets of developing countries. Providing drinking water via a piped grid especially to remote rural locations is costly and often not an option in many developing countries. Sarvajal, an Indian social enterprise, offers an alternative.
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