*2.1 billion people live without safe water at home.

*More than 700 children under five years of age die every day from diarrhoea linked to unsafe water and poor sanitation.

*Globally, 80 percent of the people who have to use unsafe and unprotected water sources live in rural areas.

*Women and girls are responsible for water collection in eight out of ten households with water off-premises.

*For the 68.5 million people who have been forced to flee their homes, accessing safe water services is highly problematic.

*Around 159 million people collect their drinking water from surface water, such as ponds and streams.

*Around four billion people - nearly two-thirds of the world's population - experience severe water scarcity during at least one month of the year.

*Over 800 women die every day from complications in pregnancy and childbirth.

*700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030