A final, an entirely unnecessary, problem that plagues many of the people of rural Africa, for instance, is that the aid to water supply programs of the more affluent countries, and the United Nations. have been progressively cut back over the last thirty years, as indicated by the examples shown below:

It has been estimated that an investment of US$36 billion would make safe water available to over 95% of the population of Africa. Instead, the more affluent nations on earth choose to spend their money on things like weapons systems and pet food.