Sustainable Development Goal 6 Quiz

Sanitation = Ensuring cleanliness of one's environment to prevent health hazards Water stress = Increased demands and misuse of water resources leading to pollution and scarcity Wastewater = Untreated or reused water flowing back into the ecosystem Freshwater species loss = Significant decline in the extent of natural wetlands and freshwater species

2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water = Lack of access to clean drinking water 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation = Lack of safely managed sanitation 80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without treatment or reuse = Wastewater pollution and mismanagement 70% of the world’s natural wetland extent has been lost = Decline in natural wetland extent and freshwater species loss

Public health implications = Unwise practices affecting water quantity and quality Environmental sustainability = Loss of natural wetland extent and freshwater species Economic development = Increasing intensity of local water crises Scarcity of water resources = Ever-growing demands and misuse of water resources

<p>Ever-growing demands for – and misuse of – water resources = Increased risks of pollution and severe water stress Unwise practices affecting the quantity and quality of water = Scarce and expensive water resource especially for the poor Loss of 70% of the world’s natural wetland extent = Loss of natural wetland extent and freshwater species 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water = Lack of access to clean drinking water</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Water becoming an increasingly scarce and expensive resource = Ever-growing demands for – and misuse of – water resources Serious implications for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development = Increasing intensity of local water crises 70% of the world’s natural wetland extent has been lost = Decline in natural wetland extent and freshwater species loss 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water = Lack of access to clean drinking water</p> Signup and view all the answers