The right to water and related challenges.

 

Water-related challenges


  • 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
  • Almost 2 billion people depend on health care facilities without basic water services (WHO/UNICEF 2020)
  • Over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
  • 297,000 children under five die every year from diarrheic diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
  • 2 billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress. (UN 2019)
  • 90 per cent of natural disasters are weather-related, including floods and droughts. (UNISDR)
  • 80 per cent of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused. (UNESCO, 2017)
  • Around two-thirds of the world’s transboundary rivers do not have a cooperative management framework. (SIWI)
  • Agriculture accounts for 70 per cent of global water withdrawal. (FAO)


The right to water

One of the most important recent milestones has been the recognition in July 2010 by the United Nations General Assembly of the human right to water and sanitation. The Assembly recognized the right of every human being to have access to enough water for personal and domestic uses, meaning between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day. The water must be safe, acceptable and affordable. The water costs should not exceed 3 per cent of household income. Moreover, the water source has to be within 1,000 meters of the home and collection time should not exceed 30 minutes.



Source: https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/water | United Nations

Julien Dupont

Comments

  1. BobNovember 4, 2021 at 9:20 AM

    Yes, the right to water is a hot political issue. Many challenges to this from big corporations that plan to commoditize water
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