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A lack of political will remains the greatest obstacle to efforts to reduce the number of people without access to basic sanitation and clean, running water, UN Secretary-General Ba

The United Nations estimates that 1.1 billion people lack access to potable water and that by 2050 that figure will double to more than two billion.

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Water, our most basic need, is poised to be the most baffling challenge of the 21st century.

"Equipping plants to be able to maintain productivity in the driest years is of critical importance," said Bill Niebur, global vice president for

All around the world, we're dealing with a severe water shortage.

Australia, like the U.S., had assumed that it had decades to adapt to a warmer world and less water.

The International Year of Sanitation will include major regional conferences on sanitation to share best practices and help accelerate progress, including those that focus on school sanitation.