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What You Can Do to Ensure That All People Have Access to Clean Water Water is crucial for sustainable development, including the preservation of our natural environment and the alleviation of poverty and hunger. Water is indispensable for human health and well-being. Currently 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water. Take Action today! Host a "Running Dry" Film Screening. Raise awareness of the worsening global humanitarian water crisis and find out how you can be a part of the solution. For more information, contact Ani Zamgochian at ani.zamgochian@sierraclub.org. Download a copy of our "Running Dry" Screening Guide to help make your screening a success! The guide includes background information on the film and important planning tips. Send a message to your decision-makers today! Take a stand for efforts that accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to reduce by half the proportion of the 2.6 billion people without access to basic sanitation by 2015. Check out our fact-sheet, Living in a Water Scarce World. The United Nations General Assembly, in December 2003, proclaimed the years 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life'. Find out more. Learn more about Sierra Club's Water Privatization Task Force. Up to Top