Although
it’s true that there are numerous cases of Latin American
and the Caribbean cities formulating Water Safety Plans,
we have not actively entered their implementation phase,
yet.
We believe that the global alliance between these six institutions
and the start up of the Network will promote not only the
formulation of other WSP but also its agile implementation
by the water suppliers both from the public and private
sectors´, with the objective to protect our population’s
health through the supply of safe drinking water.
The
impact of the interventions on safe water reflects directly
on the improvement of general living standards and influences
hygiene, health, prevention of diseases, school assistance
and people’s dignity. The combination of poverty and
illness associated to homes without adequate access to water
and sanitation is traduced to exclusion and absence of personal
development opportunities.
Support
documents for Water Safety Plans in LAC:
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To
download the 3rd Edition of the World Health Organization’s
Guidelines to Drinking Water Quality, visit:
In English:
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/gdwq3rev/en/index.html
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