Access to safe and clean water is a universal human right, according to a 2010 United Nations resolution. But access to that right is far from universal. Though global leaders and philanthropists have spent trillions of dollars on infrastructure and services, nearly 770 million people use unsafe drinking water sources. And 2.5 billion people—over a third of the world’s population—don’t have access to a toilet. In advance of the Zócalo/Occidental College event, “Will We Ever Have Clean Water for All?”, we asked water experts: Why have so many high-profile, expensive efforts to improve the global distribution of clean water failed?

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