Water

9 remarkable facts about water

A girl looks at water from the Nile flowing from a pump in the Manshiyet Nasser shantytown in eastern Cairo May 18, 2010.

World Water Week runs from 28 August to 2 September. Image: REUTERS/Amr Dalsh

Alex Gray
Senior Writer, Formative Content
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Population with access to drinking water in the world in 1990- 2000- 2015
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147 countries have met the MDG drinking water target
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