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    "id": "water-finding-1",
    "chart_id": "WSI-CHART-WATER-01",
    "takeaway": "In 2024, about 2.1 billion people globally lacked safely managed household drinking water. About 1.45 billion had basic service only; 106 million used surface water directly.",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "World population represented in JMP household estimates",
    "source_title": "WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025",
    "source_url": "https://washdata.org/data/downloads",
    "interpretation": "The headline includes basic-only, limited, unimproved and surface-water services. It is not a count of people with no water source or confirmed contaminated water. Do not add the components to their total.",
    "citation": "World Suffering Index (18 September 2026). A water source is not the same as a safe, reliable supply. Figure 1: One access gap, four different service levels (v1.0). Based on WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025 household release. Reference: 2024; world household drinking-water services. Headcounts calculated by WSI from unrounded source coverage and population estimates. https://worldsufferingindex.org/reports/a-water-source-is-not-the-same-as-a-safe-reliable-supply/#chart-1 Source: https://washdata.org/data/downloads",
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  {
    "id": "water-finding-2",
    "chart_id": "WSI-CHART-WATER-02",
    "takeaway": "A safely managed drinking-water service needs an improved source on the premises, available when needed, and free from faecal and priority chemical contamination.",
    "period": "JMP service definition; 2025 release context",
    "population": "World population represented in JMP household estimates",
    "source_title": "WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025",
    "source_url": "https://washdata.org/topics/drinking-water",
    "interpretation": "These conditions overlap; they are not separate groups to add. The diagram describes the standard, not a claim that every household has been individually tested.",
    "citation": "World Suffering Index (18 September 2026). A water source is not the same as a safe, reliable supply. Figure 2: An improved source is only the starting point (v1.0). Based on WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025 household release. Reference: JMP service definition; 2025 release context; world household drinking-water services. Diagram of the service definition. https://worldsufferingindex.org/reports/a-water-source-is-not-the-same-as-a-safe-reliable-supply/#chart-2 Source: https://washdata.org/topics/drinking-water",
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  {
    "id": "water-finding-3",
    "chart_id": "WSI-CHART-WATER-03",
    "takeaway": "Between 2015 and 2024, global safely managed drinking-water coverage rose from 67.7% to 73.7%. The estimated population without the service fell from 2.42 billion to 2.15 billion.",
    "period": "2015–2024",
    "population": "World population represented in JMP household estimates",
    "source_title": "WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025",
    "source_url": "https://washdata.org/data/downloads",
    "interpretation": "Coverage and headcount describe the same population from different perspectives. Do not add them or add annual estimates to count unique people.",
    "citation": "World Suffering Index (18 September 2026). A water source is not the same as a safe, reliable supply. Figure 3: Global coverage rose; the access gap narrowed (v1.0). Based on WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025 household release. Reference: 2015–2024; world household drinking-water services. Headcounts calculated by WSI from unrounded source coverage and population estimates. https://worldsufferingindex.org/reports/a-water-source-is-not-the-same-as-a-safe-reliable-supply/#chart-3 Source: https://washdata.org/data/downloads",
    "downloads": {
      "PNG": "/reports/a-water-source-is-not-the-same-as-a-safe-reliable-supply/charts/chart_03_global_progress_v1.0_wide.png",
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  {
    "id": "water-finding-4",
    "chart_id": "WSI-CHART-WATER-04",
    "takeaway": "Between 2015 and 2024, the estimated urban population lacking safely managed drinking water rose from 684 million to 781 million, even as urban coverage increased slightly from 83.0% to 83.4%.",
    "period": "2015–2024",
    "population": "World population represented in JMP household estimates; rural and urban groups separately",
    "source_title": "WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025",
    "source_url": "https://washdata.org/data/downloads",
    "interpretation": "Headcounts are WSI calculations using JMP population and residence shares. The change is not a count of people newly deprived, migration, or individual transitions; small aggregate residuals remain.",
    "citation": "World Suffering Index (18 September 2026). A water source is not the same as a safe, reliable supply. Figure 4: The global gap shrank — the urban gap grew (v1.0). Based on WHO/UNICEF JMP, August 2025 household release. Reference: 2015–2024; world household drinking-water services. Headcounts calculated by WSI from unrounded source coverage and population estimates. https://worldsufferingindex.org/reports/a-water-source-is-not-the-same-as-a-safe-reliable-supply/#chart-4 Source: https://washdata.org/data/downloads",
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