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Water is essential for life – for health – for human dignity – and for well‑functioning ecosystems. One billion people cannot get clean drinking water and billion lack access to basic sanitation. Polluted water and poor sanitation cause million preventable child deaths per year. It is the biggest source of child mortality along with malaria and malnutrition. According to the World Health Organisation, investing USD 1 in water and sanitation saves USD 4‑12 in avoided health care costs alone. Good water management is a longstanding policy challenge. Many of the building blocks of good water policy are well‑known. Many. | OECD work on Water Contents Overview of OECD work on water 2 OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050 Water 3 Financing and economics of water 4 Water governance 7 Water and agriculture 9 Cross-cutting issues 11 - Water security - Water and green growth - Water and climate change adaptation - Policy coherence water energy agriculture and the environment Making water reform happen 14 Water indicators and data 17 Key water publications 19 This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries. OECD March 2012 OECD freely authorises the use of this material for non-commercial purposes. All requests for commercial uses of this material or for translation rights should be submitted to rights@. OECD Work on Water