Access to safe drinking water. There are currently
more than 1000 million people in the world that lacks access to an easily
accessible and safe water source, such as a connection to water mains or
a protected well. Instead, water access is limited or available through
unprotected sources. The target, under the Millennium Development Goals,
is to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access
to safe drinking water and sanitation.
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