Running the tap and filling a glass with drinkable water is something many folks can enjoy at any moment. One nonprofit is traveling the country to bring awareness to the 2.2 billion people who can’t.
Global Water Center, based in Charleston, South Carolina, made its sixth stop in Springfield this week and set up a Mobile Discovery Center in the Battlefield Mall parking lot. The free exhibit is in town until Sunday.
Per data from Global Water Center, 2.2 billion people don’t have access to safe water.
“Every 37 seconds a person dies from a preventable waterborne illness, totaling more than 2,300 per day, and 800,000 each year,” according to the center.