Water
Overviews and Factsheets
Dawn of a thirsty century
BBC
Facts about Water and Sanitation
WaterPartners International
Overview of Water Issues
Public Services International
Pacific Institute: World Water Factsheet
Pacific Institute
The Clear Solution to the Water Crisis
Tearfund
The Global Water Crisis
WaterPartners International
The World Water Crisis
Tearfund
Water and health - two precious resources
WHO World Water Day Report 2001
Water and Sanitation Factsheet
World Health Organization
Water, Health and Human Rights
World Water Day 2001
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Links to Health - Facts & Figures
World Health Organization
Water: Critical Shortages Ahead?
World Resources Institute
Other Key Articles and Documents
Financing Water and Sanitation (PDF)
WaterAid
Human Rights-Based Approach to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (PDF)
WaterAid
Running on Empty - A call for action to combat the crisis of global water shortages (PDF)
Tearfund
Sustainability: Water and The Choices We Face
Ravi Narayanan, WaterAid
Towards World Water Justice: Some Practical Steps Towards Equitable and Sustainable Water Management
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Water and the World Summit on Sustainable Development
WaterAid Policy Statement.
WaterAid
Water as Commodity - The Wrong Prescription
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
Reports and Publications
A Water Secure World - World Water Vision Commission Report
Produced by the independent World Water Commission in the 21st Century and presented during the Second World Water Forum held in The Hague in March 2000.
World Water Council
Blue Gold - The Global Water Crisis and the Commodification of the World's Water Supply
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
Dirty Water: Estimated Deaths from Water-Related Diseases 2000-2020 (PDF)
Over 76 million people will perish from water-related disease by 2020 unless urgent action is taken.
Pacific Institute
Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report
WHO / UNICEF
Making Water Everybody's Business: World Water Vision - Vision Report
An authoritative diagnosis of water resources and the pressures on them, and lays out the steps that must be taken.
World Water Council
The New Economy of Water: The Risks and Benefits of Globalization and Privatization of Fresh Water
Pacific Institute
Vision 21: Water for People
A Shared Vision for Hygiene, Sanitation and Water Supply and A Framework for Action.
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
Water for Health: WHO World Water Day Report 2001
World Water Development Report (First Ed. due March 2003)
The first edition of the UN's World Water Assessment Programme WWDR is scheduled for submission to the 3rd World Water Forum, March 2003.
Other Articles and Documents
Boiling Point: Issues and Problems in Water Security and Sanitation (PDF)
WaterAid
Children and Water (PDF)
WaterAid
Making Every Drop Count
by Pacific Institute directory Peter Gleick
Scientific American
Stealing Our Water: Implications of GATS for Global Water Resources (PDF)
Friends of the Earth
The Human Right to Water
Pacific Institute
The Water Crisis: Analysis and Proposals
Third World Network
The Water Observatory - Document Center
Thirst for Control: New Rules in the Global Water Grab
Council of Canadians
Water in Public Hands
Public Services International
Water, Sanitation and Poverty Reduction (PDF)
WaterAid
WaterAid - Research, Briefing Papers, and Issue Sheets
WaterAid
Women and water (PDF)
WaterAid
World Water Council - Vision Library
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