Alarming Facts
- In Bangladesh over 2 million people lack access to an improved water source while 48 million lack improved sanitation. (https://water.org/our-impact/where-we-work/bangladesh/)
- According to an estimation made by WHO only 97% of the people of Bangladesh have access to water and only 40% percent have proper sanitation. (https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-bangladesh)
- Out of the total water available in Bangladesh, over 80 percent is used for agriculture. (https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-bangladesh)
- Only 7% of the total land that creates the watersheds for the rivers: Brahmaputra, Meghna, and Ganges is in Bangladesh. Therefore, the Bengalis have very little control over how much water they receive from these sources. (https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-bangladesh)
- Contamination of groundwater with arsenic is observed in Bangladesh which is used by 90% of the population. (https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-bangladesh)
- In Bangladesh the largest mass contamination which is arsenic contamination has affected about 30-35 million people. (https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-bangladesh)
- Arsenic contamination is responsible for the death of 1 out of every 5 people in Bangladesh. (https://thewaterproject.org/water-crisis/water-in-crisis-bangladesh)
- In Bangladesh access to safe drinking water is 34.6%. (https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/better-access-safe-drinking-water)
- One third of the available water sources in Bangladesh are consisted of manganese levels above WHO guidelines. (https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/better-access-safe-drinking-water)
- In Bangladesh over 41% of the people consume from water sources which are affected by faecal contamination. (https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/better-access-safe-drinking-water)
- 38.3% of the people in Bangladesh consume water contaminated by disease causing bacteria and viruses. (https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/better-access-safe-drinking-water)
- Significant disparity is observed in water quality of different regions in Bangladesh. For example, 71.8% of the population in Rangpur division drink from E. coli-free water but only 31.6% of the population in Sylhet Division can access the same. (https://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/en/better-access-safe-drinking-water)