Comments on: Water – a Human Right?

By: Cooking Book Clubs

Cooking Book Clubs — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:50:40 +0000

Water is a basic human right, no doubt about it. All humans deserve access to clean water, just as we all deserve access to food and shelter. Unfortunately, the solution has to come from the individual countries the humans live in. Although African countries may be poor and not have access to as much clean water, that is a problem their government must deal with. I agree with the idea of a global water council because it’s a human necessity, but then where would it end? Would there have to be a global council dividing up the food to ration each country equally? The reality is there are rich countries and poor countries, and it’s unfair. Just as there are rich and poor people even in rich countries. There’s Americans right now who have no shelter, food or money… who certainly don’t use 180 gallons of water a day.

By: jay

jay — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:05:59 +0000

Water certainly is a basic human right, period. The problem is that water has become such a valuable resource that people feel they can OWN this natural resource; and inevitably they do. That is where the problem lay. Like air, water is a natural resource and it is up to the international community to ensure that it is distributed fairly across the globe. And that, my friends is not likely to happen for many lifetimes to come. In fact, if man can find a way to own and sell air, he will do so.

By: Water Filtration

Water Filtration — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:47:22 +0000

This is the something we all have to think on….
Where people getting water very easily don’t know the true value of water.Many people especially in progressive countries still don’t know about the water which they are drinking is safe or not due to that people are always ill in those countries i have just recently seen a documentary on Discovery Channel that in Afghanistan refugee camps people drinking the water which is a waste water for us..& due to that many children & elder getting ill or even death…If any can provide help there please help those people

By: Water Human Rights: Physical Scarcity - Water Matters @ Columbia

Water Human Rights: Physical Scarcity - Water Matters @ Columbia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:59:12 +0000

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By: Water Human Rights: Economic Scarcity - Water Matters @ Columbia

Water Human Rights: Economic Scarcity - Water Matters @ Columbia — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:41:50 +0000

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By: Meghna Bhattacharjee

Meghna Bhattacharjee — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:52:37 +0000

It’s definitely a tricky situation and I’m glad you brought it up in this blog. If water is a basic human right (which I believe it is) how can we manage it as that? Treating water as a human right would mean that water management has to be administered on a global level.

The World Water Council makes a notable attempt is delineating the situation: http://bit.ly/2pCXMj