Seizure, destruction and isolation of water sources

(h) the availability of alternative sources of water to satisfy competing water demands

Response has included widespread chlorination of water sources.

One specific result was water scarcity, with once abundant sources of water drying up.

Point of use household water treatment systems, together with safe water storage, can provide safe drinking water from unsafe water sources.

Because we are all dependent on these water sources.

They're going to wash those contaminated materials, and then the water may move into sources of drinking water.

Water from many so called improved sources is contaminated because of poorly maintained or intermittently pressurized networks or untreated and contaminated source water.

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.

(b) Hydrogeology Studying the fresh water sources along the Lebanese marine beach stretch.

The topics cover water sources, agriculture, iron ore, environmental concerns and archaeological sites.

General description Roughly a third of the world's rural population is without safe drinking water sources.

As all sources of water were privatized, they would be exploited more efficiently and more rationally.

It seems that our citizens find the best way to dispose of garbage are in water sources.

Singapore had successfully diversified its water supply sources and had shared its experience with the Maldives, where salt water had contaminated water supplies following the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Where public utilities are responsible for supplying both water and sanitation services, some of the interdependencies can be addressed, for example, by planning sewage and waste water treatment in consideration of the need for protection of water quality and drinking water sources.

(c) Undertaking thermal infra red surveys of fresh water sources in the marine environment (at the regional level)

Many rural communities are now forced to look for alternative water sources and often suffer from the ill effects of contaminated water and inadequate sewage and sanitation systems.

It is entirely dependent on outside sources of energy and is also poor in other natural resources, including water.

Fierce competition for a shrinking water resources base is resulting in over extraction for industry and agriculture, falling groundwater levels and failing domestic water sources.

Since water sources and flow are not limited by national boundaries, we urge that an international task force be established to study and make recommendations for international, gender sensitive, water rights management of shared water courses.

The Ministry of National Infrastructures proposed that large tracts of Palestinian land in the West Bank containing water sources be annexed.

The biggest shortages of improved water sources and sanitation services are in the rural areas of Escuintla, Retalhuleu, Petén and Alta Verapaz.

Core causes of water sources pollution are related to human activities, such as dumping liquid waste materials from industry and communities.

Global coverage figures on improved drinking water (see table 1) are likely to be lower than what is indicated because they do not include information on the quality of water of specific sources.

As for access to better water sources, a priority objective, the needs of the people are now 80 per cent taken care of.

Such violations consisted of the annexation of land, blocking access to water sources and the harassment of Arab farmers attempting to make a living.

52. Israel controls the principal aquifer under the West Bank as well as most of the water sources supplying Palestinians in Gaza.

3.4 States should enact and implement legislation to protect access by persons to traditional water sources in rural areas.

Microbiological contamination of water sources is a common problem in many countries and chemical contamination (notably arsenic and fluoride) is increasingly a concern.

Meanwhile, pollution (from industry, agriculture and in some cases from the mass disposal of faeces into the environment) threatens previously safe water sources.

Parties alluded to the increasing pressure being placed on water resources in their countries, which makes it necessary for them to identify other sources, such as groundwater and desalinated water.

Women are most often responsible for domestic and community water management in developing societies, being in charge of determining sources, quantity and hygienic quality.

Communities consistently cite reliable and accessible water sources for household use as a development priority and increasingly stress the importance of sanitation as well.

This rise could be explained by the fact that more people make use of unsafe water sources such as ponds during the rainy season.

20. The project on Environmental Monitoring and Analysis in the East Asian Region monitors land based sources of pollution in food, water and air.

(2) to intentionally damage the installations of electric power and communications, the sources of water, the means of transportation and other production facilities in coal mining areas

The security wall was having adverse effects in terms of the access of some Palestinians to their land and water sources, customary amenities and places of worship.

Many rural communities were forced to look for additional water sources, such as wells, springs, cisterns and tanks, and as a result often suffered from the ill effects of contaminated water and inadequate sewage or sanitation systems.

In rural areas, where the majority of the poor live, technical and financial support from government and local authorities for digging and maintaining wells or other water sources can help to expand access to safe drinking water.

21. In Djibouti ville, where 65 per cent of the population live, and in certain coastal areas, the water sources have reached a high degree of salinity.

Social infrastructure, such as hospitals, dispensaries, schools and water sources, need to be reconstructed so that the displaced population can be repatriated.

UNSCP sources of funding, 1996 1997 Sources of funding Income

elaborate inventories on relevant point sources including the pollutants discharged (emission inventories) and estimate the water pollution from non point sources taking into account Annex II, Part 2 review these documents according to the actual state.

Local authorities could be provided with financial and technical assistance for large scale modern sanitation and waste water treatment works from a number of different sources.