environmental systems technician | water conservation specialist | water conservation officer | water conservation technician

UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation | United Nations Water Board | UNSGAB [Abbr.]

water right

Programme Officer, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation

hot water heating system [ hot-water heating system | hot water circulating system | circulating hot water system | low-temperature water heating system | low-temperature-water heating system | hot-water heating | hot water heating | hydronic heating | hydronic central heating system | hydronic heat ]

gravity-circulation hot-water system [ gravity hot-water system ]

gravity-type hot-water heating

automatic sprinkler system | sprinkler system

wet pipe sprinkler system | automatic wet sprinkler system

light water reactor | LWR | light-water reactor | light water cooled power reactor | water-cooled reactor

F. whereas at least 748 million people do not have sustainable access to safe drinking water, and a third of the world population lacks basic sanitation; whereas, as a result, the right to health is threatened and diseases spread, causing suffering and death and posing major impediments to development; whereas about 4 000 children die daily from water-borne diseases or due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene; whereas the lack of access to potable water kills more children than AIDS, malaria and smallpox combined; whereas there is, however, a clear downward trend in these numbers and their decline can and must be accelerated; ...[+++]

47. Stresses that the special character of water and sanitation services, such as production, distribution and treatment, makes it imperative that they be excluded from any trade agreements the EU is negotiating or considering; urges the Commission to grant a legally binding exclusion for water services, sanitation services and wastewater disposal services in the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Trade in Services Agreement; stresses that all future trade and investment agreements should include clauses on genuine access to drinking water for the people of the third country to wh ...[+++]ich the agreement pertains in line with the Union’s long-lasting commitment to sustainable development and human rights, and that genuine access to drinking water for the people of the third country to which the agreement pertains must be a precondition for any future free trade agreements;

29. Recognises that water and sanitation services are services of general interest and that water is not a commodity but a common good, and therefore should be provided at affordable prices that respect people’s right to a minimum quality of water and provide for the application of a progressive charge; asks the Member States to ensure that a fair, equitable, transparent and adequate system for water and sanitation charges is applied so that all members of the public are guaranteed access to high quality services irrespective of their income;

29. Recognises that water and sanitation services are services of general interest and that water is not a commodity but a common good, and therefore should be provided at affordable prices that respect people’s right to a minimum quality of water and provide for the application of a progressive charge; asks the Member States to ensure that a fair, equitable, transparent and adequate system for water and sanitation charges is applied so that all members of the public are guaranteed access to high quality services irrespective of their income;