Different levels and types of services and the human rights to water and sanitation 2015, para. 67
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- Whether or not this type of service meets human rights criteria standards depends on multiple factors. Particular issues to consider are water quality, price, distance from the home, waiting times (where there are a number of households using the same source) and the appropriate transport to and storage within the home. Depending on the position of the facility relative to the home, households may not be able to collect the optimum amount of water to ensure good health. Even where water is safe at source, the transport of water to the home, and storage within the home may not be safe, and the necessary water treatment can be prohibitively expensive for households living in poverty. Further, there is seldom any assistance for using household water treatment methods to ensure that they are reliable, safe and sustainable. Similarly, they often do not have regular access to the necessary materials (for example, chlorine). Prices for water supplies may rise and fall according to water availability, putting the price of water out of reach for households on low-incomes in times of water scarcity.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 67
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