The United Nations said that the global water demand can double in the next 13 years that’s why is calling for speeding up global wastewater treatment as soon as possible.

According to a report by the UN and UNESCO, clean water demand could increase by 50 percent by 2030 in global, stated that one of the reasons is the global warming.

Today two out of three of people are found in areas with water scarcity, half of them in India and China, the two most populous countries in the world.

Three and a half million people die annually from diseases related to water supply

The main theme of this year's report is waste water. In the UN report, it is emphasized that more wastewater needs to be treated to protect the environment and effectively combat global water scarcity. According to the UN, about three and a half million people die each year from diseases associated with water supply. 800 of them lose their lives because they cannot find the opportunity to dirty water or to wash their hands.

According to the UN report, developed countries are treating 70 percent of waste water, but 80 percent of the world's wastewater containing many chemicals, pharmaceutical wastes and different bacteria discharged into the nature, seas and ocean.

Speaking on the subject, Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director, stressed that in a world where demands for freshwater are ever growing neglecting the opportunities arising from improved wastewater management is nothing less than unthinkable.

Gaza is under threat

A report issued by the aid organization Oxfam draws attention to the situation in Palestine's Gaza Strip. Due to insufficient water supply in the region, the health of two million people is under threat. According to Oxfam's report, the infrastructure that was destroyed in the Gaza War in 2014 cannot be repaired due to the blockade that the invader israel applied to the region.

The UN was officially recognized as the "basic human right" for clean drinking water for the first time in 2010 by a vote in the United Nations General Assembly, indicating that treated wastewater is a major source of drinking water and has not yet benefited from it.

Worrying for future children

The UN Children's Fund UNICEF warned of the situation threatening the lives of millions of children, “By 2040, almost 600 million children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources, which means one in every four children in the world.”

70 percent of global water consumption is spent on agriculture

Purified water can be used not only in drinking water but also in agriculture. According to the UN World Water Report, 70 percent of global water consumption is spent on agriculture. (Hamza Adiyaman - ILKHA)