Recognition of the right to water, international meetings, advances and new updated challenges, etc. To begin the year, Waterblog looks back at the key events of 2010
Read moreAt the end of September 2010, the UN Human Rights Council declared that access to drinking water and sanitation was included in the “right to an adequate standard of living”, as recognized by several international treaties. “Water must be drinkable, accessible, available and affordable, and supplied without any discrimination”.
Read moreOne of our readers, Cyril Jarnot, recently suggested we look into the new iPhone application on the virtual water or water footprint concept. Launched in December 2010, the “Water Aflamed” application can be used to measure your annual water footprint.
Read moreWhat impact do households have on their environment? That is what the European Commission sought to assess. On 10 December, it published its report entitled “Facts and figures on the environment: from environmental taxes to water resources”. According to Eurostat, the largest freshwater resources per capita are found in Finland, Sweden and Slovenia.
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