Potable water

All 64 settlements are provided with potable water for domestic consumption and other uses by the communities.

Potable water in Syrian coastal cliffs.

The potable water sector LL 30,515,000

Radiological control of food and potable water

Potable water was tested for total beta activity.

The initial report spoke of an inadequate supply of potable water and a lack of sewerage systems, and although it had been stated that the situation had improved with the provision of potable water to most rural areas, it was not clear how many people still lacked a supply of potable water and a system of sewerage.

Also, appropriate housing and potable water policies were essential for poverty eradication and environmental protection.

Likewise, year round access to potable water allowed the Xade population to experiment with cultivation.

That only 50 per cent of people in rural areas have access to potable water.

natural resource (paper minerals water) consumption)

Water obtained from potable water supply schemes through house connections, yard taps, public standpipes, boreholes with handpumps and protected dug wells are defined as sources of safe drinking water.

Again, modest gains have also been made in the provision of potable drinking water to the populace, as evidenced by the fact that the percentage of the population with access to potable water increased from 37 per cent in 2000 to 44 per cent in 2002.

Potable oxygen bottles

Consequently, poverty alleviation and increasing food production and access to potable water supply systems emerged as important development priority areas.

In many developing countries there is still a strong urban bias in access to potable water, adequate sanitation and health clinics.

The specific health care needs of women required urgent attention, notably in the areas of HIV AIDS, malaria, potable water and sanitation.

At the present time, access to the basic necessities of life (food, potable water, housing, fuel and energy) is highly restricted in Africa.

The balance was offset in part by requirements for the provision of non potable water to mission headquarters and the Es Samara workshop.

Singapore is leading the way in another area as well production and distribution of potable recycled water. Many cities worldwide are following its example, expanding their water catchment and treatment programs.

284. The Ministry of Housing and Construction is mainly responsible for the provision of potable water to the urban and to the rural population.

The Poverty Reduction Strategy paper has outlined the development and passage of the Republic of Tajikistan law on drinking water and potable water supply, which will provide the legal basis for the legal and regulatory governance of water use issues.

Access to freshwater resources was a high priority for Kazakhstan, which had allocated US 900 million for a potable water programme for the period 2002 2012.

Potable water is delivered weekly to Patrol Observation Base N 2 by a private contractor at a cost of 175 per week, including emergency deliveries ( 9,100).

Total water consumption in Denmark amounts to just under 1 billion cubic metres.

The effort includes establishing access to potable water, the provision of agricultural seeds and tools, the restarting of local markets and the erection of appropriate sanitation facilities.

Regarding the radiological testing of food and potable water, in 2002, along with 349 food samples tested, an annual mentoring of 24 samples were checked for 5 radioisotopes.

Kuchi representatives claim that the Government has failed to honour its commitment to provide them with adequate political representation, mobile schools for their children, clinics and potable water.

Protecting water resources from contamination and excessive consumption will be a special area of focus.

Israel's total water consumption had not increased during the past 15 to 20 years, despite the fact that the population had doubled per capita water consumption in Israel was one of the lowest in the Middle East.

The transactions covered by the Guide may be used for the private financing of various types of facilities, including, for example, power generation plants, facilities for treatment of waste water or supply of potable water, toll roads, railways, airports, telecommunication networks.

The Forum recommends that the Commission appoint a special rapporteur for the protection of water to gather testimony directly from indigenous communities of the world impacted by or targeted for water privatization, diversion, toxic contamination, pollution, commodification and other environmental injustices that damage natural and potable water supplies.

Now the brewers in Montana have already done a lot to reduce their water consumption, but they still use millions of gallons of water.

Currently, 20 percent of California's energy consumption is used to pump water into mostly Southern California.

As a result of the adjustment measures, public investment was reduced, leading to a real decline in the resources allocated to such social services as health, education, potable water and sanitation.

4.2 States should adopt measures to prevent over consumption and promote efficient water use, such as public education, dissemination of appropriate conservation technologies and, as necessary, restrictions on water use beyond an acceptable consumption threshold, including through the imposition of charges.

Education campaigns can also be used to raise awareness of the importance of sanitation and waste water treatment for protecting soils, wetlands, aquifers and groundwater resources, and to improve knowledge and public acceptance of the reuse of treated waste water for applications that do not require potable quality water standards.

Other problems include the high cost of land and building materials, restricted access to finance, non durability of much of the housing stock, and inadequate access to potable water and sanitation services.

The goal is to combat a severe drought by reducing residential consumption by 20 . The trouble is that residential water use accounts for less than 15 of total consumption.

Ms. Tan asked what the Government intended to do to expedite access in the rural areas to the supply of potable water, the sewerage system and public transport, and within what time frame.

Provision is also made for water, based on actual consumption of 114,700 cubic metres, at a unit cost of 0.36 ( 41,292), including water licence fee of 100.

Partly through this debt system, the effects of economic growth have been spectacular in GDP, damming of rivers, water use, fertiliser consumption, urban population, paper consumption, motor vehicles, communications and tourism.

Additional requirements of 5,900 were due to higher expenditures incurred for maintenance services such as general maintenance, cleaning services, garbage collection, rodent extermination, cleaning of septic systems and the supply of non potable water.

The Panel notes that data submitted by Jordan show that per capita water consumption declined in the early 1990s.

In particular, there is a need to protect the developing countries' water resources (national and international) from the discharges of industrial effluents and from excessive water consumption by enterprises.