water policies extend beyond jeopardising human health

Yet there is a dark side to this picture despite our progress, hall or the world’s population still suffers, with water services inferior to those available to the ancient Greeks and Homans As the United Nations report on access to water reiterated in November 2001, more than one billion people lack access to clean drinking water some two and a hall billion do not have adequate sanitation services Preventable water-related diseases kill an estimated 10,000 to 20.000 children every day, and the latest evidence suggests that we are tailing behind in efforts to solve these problems, he consequences of our water policies extend beyond jeopardising human health, lens of millions of people have been forced to move from their homes often with little warning or compensation to make way low the reservoirs behind dams More than 20 % of all freshwater fish species are now threatened or endangered because dams and water withdrawals have destroyed the free flowing never ecosystems where Kiev Certain irrigation practices degrade soil quality and reduce acincultural productivity Groundwater aquifers' are being pumped down tastei than mey are replenished in parts or India, China, the. ISA and elsewhcc And disputes over shared water resources have led to violence and Continue to aselocal, national and even international tensions