785 million people globally lack even a basic drinking-water service, including 44 million people who are dependent on surface water. Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with feces. Contaminated water can transmit diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio. Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause 485 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year. In 200, the UN General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation. Everyone has the right to sufficient, continuous, safe, acceptable, physically accessible, and affordable water for personal and domestic use. An estimated 829 000 people are going to die each year from diarrhea as a result of unsafe drinking-water, sanitation, and hand hygiene. Diarrhea is largely preventable, and the deaths of 297 000 children aged under 5 years could be avoided each year if proper water sanitation and regulations were in place. In places where clean water is not accessible the education of proper handwashing is often not mainstream, therefore increasing the risk of contracting diseases. In America, the CDC and the EPA work diligently to keep us as the top safest water supply in the world. With an estimated one trillion being spent by the time 2025 for expanding and improving infrastructure, they are working day and night to keep Americans safe. Despite this, many Americans still go without access. It took over 200 years from our founding to create water protections. We did not have any protection until 984, the first attempt. It was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA). It was the first major law enacted by Congress to address the problems of wate
r pollution in the US. Totaling over 00 bills legislators had attempted to pass legislation over the previous half-century, to no avail. By 948 urban growth and industrial production fueled by World War II had led to apparent, and often notable, pollution of the countrys rivers, streams, and lakes, pressuring Congress to finally handle the issue. Unfortunately, the act was very flimsy and accomplished little. It did not generally prohibit pollution, gave only limited authority to the federal government, and provided extremely tedious enforcement.
It took almost 25 years for a law regarding water to be created. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was created in 972, in addition to being more specific, it was more stringent than its predecessor. It allows the EPA to set statewide sanders for drinking water across the nation. Any public water system is held to this standard. Clean water is used not only for drinking but also for cleaning, agriculture, bathing, cooking and much more. We only use 4% of our water supply for drinking and shocking 33% for sanitary use comparatively. Water is critical to almost everything in our daily lives, which highlights the importance of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Currently, Trump is restricting the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This decision is cheered by many but heavily ridiculed also. The repeal of the act known as the Waters of America act prevented contamination of water from a list of chemicals. The efforts have focused heavily on eliminating restrictions on fossil fuel pollution, including coal-fired power plants, automobile tailpipes, and methane emissions, but have also touched on asbestos and chemical hazards like pesticides.