Access to clean drinking water and sanitation systems are crucial global goals. This access constitutes a fundamental health and human dignity issue. Expanding sewage systems will also reduce contamination of soil, rivers, and oceans, thereby promoting biodiversity and decreasing land degradation. Furthermore, access to clean water will reduce geopolitical conflict centered on water rights. In addition, commitment to clean water goals promotes investment in new technologies, such as desalination and water reuse.

Even though the United Nations reported that between 1990 and 2010, more than " 2 billion people gained access to improved water sources, and 1.8 billion gained access to improved sanitation," a more recent global assessment warns that significant problems continue to plague the world. Despite well-coordinated global initiatives, the latest U.N. report discusses factors that slow the progress toward clean water goals. These include the failure of some countries to set national hygiene standards, inadequate funding or poor absorption of existing funding, lack of skilled labor to implement change, and lack of political will. Only $$80 \%$$ of nations recognize the right to water; only some $$50 \%$$ recognize the right to sanitation.

Based on the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor that is delaying progress toward clean water goals?

A. Failure of some nations to set national hygiene standards
B. Inability to manage skilled labor resources at water sites
C. Inadequate funding for global water initiatives
D. Failure to properly use all available water funding
E. Reluctance of some nations to consider water as a right



Consider each answer individually and choose all that apply.

Select the sentence in the passage that is NOT a supporting detail for a central idea.

A. This access constitutes a fundamental health and human dignity issue.
B. Expanding sewage systems will also reduce contamination of soil, rivers, and oceans, thereby promoting biodiversity and decreasing land degradation.
C. Despite well-coordinated global initiatives, the latest U.N. report discusses factors that slow the progress toward clean water goals.