Water and sanitation services

(i) Support to water supply and sanitation services

Wider though still limited access to improved sanitation services.

access of everyone to drinking water supply and sanitation services

Access to sanitation services for the poor could also be expanded through dedicated comprehensive programmes, such as total sanitation campaigns .

Rural sanitation could also be improved through strengthening health extension services.

5.2 States should promote hygienic use of water and sanitation services.

The right of access to drinking water supply and sanitation services

Water and sanitation facilities and services for refugees Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 1,642,109 for expenses incurred in expanding and improving water and sanitation facilities and services at existing refugee camps and in constructing water and sanitation facilities and providing related services at new camps.

The presenter of the theme Water and sanitation underlined the importance of pricing policies in the supply of water and sanitation services.

Basic services continue to deteriorate, particularly in the health, water and sanitation sectors.

Services are lacking, particularly as far as sanitation and domestic water are concerned

It was emphasized that women's community groups and organizations should be supported to participate in providing water and sanitation services because they often subsidized and managed services and played an important role in bridging the supply gap of water and sanitation services.

5.1 States should progressively ensure that everyone has access to water and sanitation services and that these services are equitably distributed.

Urban services water and sanitation getting the private sector to work for the urban poor

Similarly, sanitation services were disrupted in some instances because garbage trucks could not reach camps.

Options are presented on access to basic water services integrated water resources management access to basic sanitation sanitation and hygiene education and wastewater collection, treatment and reuse.

Informal human settlements should be upgraded through the provision of water and sanitation services and through assistance with the construction of their own water and sanitation facilities.

7. Lower actual requirements for contractual services, sanitation and cleaning materials and miscellaneous supplies and services resulted in savings under this heading.

Since 1990, over 1 billion people have gained access to improved drinking water and sanitation services.

Decentralized provision of sanitation services is standard practice in many countries and a goal in others.

Microfinance may also be able to support small entrepreneurs in the business of providing sanitation services.

Mr. Lenton underlined the importance of pricing policies in the supply of water and sanitation services.

Such projects are especially focused on community services, such as schools, health centres and sanitation facilities.

Where charges for sanitation services are included in water charges, services for poor households, including sewer connections, could be cross subsidized from progressive water charges.

6.2 States should subsidize water and sanitation services for low income households and poor areas that lack the means to secure access to such services.

Other United Nations entities have focused on women's access to services, such as water and sanitation, energy, education and training and financial services and technologies.

Target 10 Halve by 2015 the percentage of people without access to safe drinking water and sanitation services

(b) Providing universal access to basic social services, including basic education, health care, nutrition, clean water and sanitation

(h) Basic social services for all primary health care, nutrition, education, safe water and sanitation, population and shelter

Promotion of the realization of the right of access of all to drinking water supply and sanitation services

Its general objective is to increase the proportion of households with access to clean water and sanitation services.

Community based organizations and non governmental organizations could act as catalysts for improved hygiene and sanitation in rural communities, and Governments could assist in training local suppliers of sanitation fixtures and services.

While hygiene education and awareness raising are often continuing processes requiring long term donor and government commitment, they can catalyse private demand for sanitation services, thus leveraging household and community sanitation investments.

There are marked shortages of water and sanitation services in rural areas and in some departments in the country.

Sustainable urban development (access to basic services such as water and sanitation, waste management, transport and energy urban planification).

Brazil had adopted in the 1980s a policy of condominium development of water and sanitation services in poor neighbourhoods.

In some cases water supply, sanitation and electricity services were not provided or provided only to a limited extent.

Undertaking and publicizing studies of the benefits of sanitation for health, productivity, ecosystem services and other aspects of sustainable development could assist in mobilizing financial support from central government agencies for investments in sanitation.

In this case, public health education and hygiene awareness raising, including through mass media, could create demand for sanitation services.

UNICEF interventions focus on expanding programmes that promote improved hygiene and sanitation, while maintaining support for improved water supply services.

Sanitation

The strategic aim is to expand the promotion of improved hygiene and sanitation, while maintaining support for improved water supply services.

The Government's capacity to deliver services to the population, particularly in the areas of education, health and sanitation, needs sustained attention.

The United Nations Water and Environmental Sanitation project has supported the tsunami affected population of Puntland and provided emergency water services.