With the world drowned in misery caused by the COVID-19
coronavirus pandemic, the World Water Day 2020, marked on March 22, passed by
faintly without many people even realising its significance.
Access to water
underpins public health and is critical to sustainable development and a stable
world.
Regular hand
washing is a key tool in combating COVID-19, and it is comforting that the UN
and its partners are taking steps to ensure people living in informal
settlements have access to running water at this critical time, as affirmed by
the agency working to achieve more sustainable cities.
UN-Habitat says the
impact of the new coronavirus disease could be considerably higher on the urban
poor living in slums, where overcrowding also makes it difficult to follow
other recommended measures such as social distancing and self-isolation.
UN-Habitat is based
in Nairobi, home to the Kibera slum, where people live hand-to-mouth and water
access points are hard to find. They are even harder to get to when movement
restrictions are in place, in the hope of preventing spread of the disease.
As one resident
Anna Nyokabi put it: “We don’t have enough water to drink and cook our food, so
where will we get water to wash our hands frequently?”
UN officials are
right when they insist that if the international community is to beat back
COVID-19, then governments must provide Nyobaki — and the more than two billion
people worldwide like her — with continuous access to sufficient water.
The opinion
expressed by 10 independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in
Geneva deserves serious attention. “People living in informal settlements,
those who are homeless, rural populations, women, children, older persons,
people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and all other groups vulnerable to
the effects of the pandemic need to have continuous access to sufficient and
affordable water.”
It is comforting to
note that UN agencies, programmes and other entities are doing their best to
put emergency safe drinking water and handwashing facilities in key locations
in informal settlements and high-density public places such as markets, and bus
stations.
Population and
economic growth have placed unprecedented pressures on water, with water
scarcity affecting over 40 per cent of the world’s people.
The Middle East and
North Africa is the most water-scarce region in the world, with over 60 per
cent of the region’s population living in areas with high or very high surface
water stress, compared with a global average of about 35 per cent, as earlier
pointed out by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of the Dubai
Electricity and water Authority (DEWA).
Citizens and
residents of the UAE are fortunate as the wise leadership attaches great
importance to water security, which is one of the seven strategic sectors of
the National Innovation Strategy.
In 2010, the UN
recognised the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human
right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights. Regulatory
and legal frameworks must recognise the right to water for all.
Water issues call
for global solidarity and joint measures. What is essential is commitment. All
members of society should conserve natural resources, especially water.
Governments and
relevant organisations should coordinate to provide sustainable solutions to
use water more efficiently and raise awareness about its challenges. All
measures should be taken to ensure water security for future generations.
Aqua Care RO systems water purifier Dubai promise for good quality and assure
good health of its customers by providing clean, safe, clear and pure drinking
water through its expanded range of USA Based technology for water purifiers
and filtration. Aqua goal is to make every home healthier with peace of mind.
Our all customers, business associates, and channel partners all experienced with
extremely high-quality products and after sale services.
Since Aqua Care RO System primarily operates from Dubai – United Arab
Emirates also operates his sub offices in other GCC countries., our all
products are purposes towards water problems that are native to GCC. Hence these
filters & purifiers can remove water with high amounts of Total Dissolved
Solid also known as TDS and organic impurities. All group are ideal for all
springs of water and removes the most insistent chemicals.
Aqua methodology is to offer bester filter & purification solution
at very reasonable prices. Now a days every home requirement of good quality of
water purifier for drinking, cooking or other purpose.
For more information, visit www.waterfilteruae.com
About Us:
Aqua Care RO systems water purifiers promise for good quality and assure
good health of its customers by providing clean, safe, clear and pure drinking
water through its expanded range of USA Based technology for water purifiers
and Water filter. Aqua goal is to make every home healthier with peace of mind.
Our all customers, business associates, and channel partners all experienced with
extremely high-quality products and after sale services.
