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Kids will be worst hit by water scarcity by 2040

London - Already some 500 million children live in areas with limited water supplies.

One in four children may live in areas with severely limited water resources by 2040, putting them at risk of deadly diseases like cholera and diarrhoea, the Unicef said on Wednesday.
Already some 500 million children live in areas with limited water supplies, and the demand for water today far exceeds available resources in 36 countries, Unicef said. Supplies are expected to shrink further due to droughts, rising temperatures, flooding, population growth and urbanisation, Unicef said in a report.
If no action is taken to clean up and conserve water supplies, more children will be forced to drink unsafe water, it said.