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Water overuse – at the top of the 2015 WEF global risk ranking
By Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

that close to 2 billion
people use water
that is unsafe and
dangerous for their
health, while 3.4 billion
people use water of
doubtful quality, at least
from time to time.
And these problems are
getting worse,due to
insufficient
investment in water
infrastructure – also in
advanced economies.

Over several years, World Economic Forum
(WEF) Global Risk Reports have identified
water as one of the thre