Millions lack clean drinking water in Europe - UN
More than 100 million people in Europe, including the Balkans and the ex-Soviet Union, have no clean running water in their homes and thousands fall seriously ill each year as a result, UN agencies said today. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 16 per cent of households in what they term the European region lack access to safe drinking water.
The problem, most prevalent in Eastern Europe and in remote areas, contributed to 170,000 cases of water-borne diseases across the region last year, they said.
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