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Water Library - Supply and Sanitation
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Water supply and sanitation are essential for meeting basic needs. For millions of people around the world, access to clean and adequate water is a daily struggle. 1.1 billion people lack access to improved water supply, 2.4 billion to adequate sanitation. The race is on to supply those lacking with this basic human right.
For more information on water supply and sanitation visit the Facts and Figures section and the Education Corner.
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 Codex Alimentarius Commission
Commission created in 1963 by FAO and WHO to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme.
Language(s) English, French, Spanish |
CRID: Information Resources on Water and Disasters
A CD online produced conjointly by three organization working on water and disasters in the Americas. It contains the full text of selected documents on topics as diverse as water quality, disaster prevention in water systems, the impact of floods and drought, and more.
Language(s) Spanish |
Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS)
CEPIS is the specialized center for environmental technology of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). Its mission is to cooperate with the countries of the Americas to evaluate and control environmental risk factors that, directly or indirectly, affect the health of the population.
Language(s) English, Portuguese, Spanish |
| | Water - Every drop counts
Dinyar Godrej; Patrick McCully; Maggie Black; Rudolf Amenga-Etego; Charmaine Seitz; Sunita Narain; James Stronell 05-03-2003 >> More... |
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