The demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry and energy sectors.
The United Nations has pointed out that billions of people will lack access to the basic services water provides in 2030 unless progress quadruples.
According to the UN -Water website, decades of misuse, poor management, over extraction of groundwater and contamination of freshwater supplies have worsened water stress.
At the current rates , 1.6 billion people will lack safely managed drinking water, 2.8 billion people will lack safely managed sanitation, and 1.9 billion people will lack basic hand hygiene facilities in 2030.
The UN Water Sustainable Developmental Goa, summarily, is to ensure access to water and sanitation to all.
