New Use Case ‒ Waste-to-Energy-to-Water Concept Over three billion people across the globe are suffering from lack of clean drinking water. Close to one billion have no reliable water service at all, and over two billion depend on contaminated water causing diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio leading to over one million premature deaths annually. However, clean water production with modern technology is relatively easy and cheap.