3.4 million people die each year from water-related causes.

While drinking pure water is the easiest thing one can do to improve their health, improperly treated water still remains the most common source of serious illness and death on the planet.

More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all deaths, 99 percent, occur in the developing world.

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