Preliminaries -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Welcome to the action decade -- Water for life and for living lifelong -- Making it happen -- Find out more about the action decade -- Tapping the sources -- Meeting the MDG drinking water and sanitation target what increase is needed -- Regional and global drinking water and sanitation coverage estimates.
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Every day, diarrhoeal diseases from easily preventable causes claim the lives of approximately 5 000 young children throughout the world. Sufficient and better quality drinking water and basic sanitation can cut this toll dramatically, and simple, low-cost household water treatment has the potential to save further lives. As we enter the International Decade for Action Water for Life 2005 2015, this report makes clear that achieving the target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation will bring a payback worth many times the investment i.