Two billion people lack safe drinking water

Key Points

• 1Almost 6 billion people have safe drinking water.
• 2Two billion people do not have safe drinking water.
• 3Around 156 million people get water from streams or lakes.
• 4Three-quarters of the two billion have access to a piped water source or protected well.
• 5Safe drinking water became the main indicator only in 2017.
• 6Unsafe water leads to over 8,00,000 deaths every year.