Water!
Most precious of all history Throughout history wars have been fought over the right to demand water rights. Like national currencies, the government's ability to control water availability is another source of determining the future of mankind.
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| Living resource. |
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| Water is a basic need |
Transparency and good water management are constant requirements for human and
animal development. It also ensures environmental sustainability.
Where there is power, there is widespread corruption in government. These facts will emphasize the extent of the great tragedy that has already occurred. More than 1 billion people live without safe drinking water, and more than 2.6 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. Unsafe water and sanitation have claimed more lives in the last century than any other reason. Corruption is a major obstacle to solving the problem of human development. A study of 21 water resources in Africa, found that about two-thirds of their operating costs are due to corruption. Water is essential to all food production. Irrigated agriculture produces 40% of the world's food and only 17% of agricultural land. The increase in world food production will be due to irrigation. The transition from rain-fed agriculture to human-run irrigation requires a clean management system, with great transparency and accountability to all agents.
Hydropower is an important source of energy, but as with all major infrastructure projects, major corruption can occur from the policy process and construction planning to the power generation itself. Corruption always reduces the benefits from the project while at the same time increasing human, economic and environmental damage.
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| Corruption always reduces the benefits. |
Excessive water
use, often aggravated by corruption, threatens global ecosystems, intensifies
local water shortages, and increases the risk of poverty and conflict. The
dangers of corruption in the water sector are as diverse as they are. From
minor bribery to water supply to procurement-related spoilage - from industrial
pollution closures to the management and distortion of water management
policies and distribution policies. This makes the treatment of corruption in
water management a priority for policymakers and practitioners around the
world.
Eliminating the notion that
adequate safe drinking water is a basic requirement and establishing a law the president that safe drinking water is a legitimate right for everyone could be
an important way to reduce the impact of the coming World catastrophe. In this
way the legal right to secure adequate water levels will be an important tool
they can use against their governments.
About 30 countries have a constitutional or legal provision that guarantees individual access to water.
The United States still does not
guarantee that Americans have a constitutional right to safe water. It is time
to establish this right under the constitution because many citizens now face
the inability to afford safe water. If water was guaranteed under the
constitution all Americans would be able to access safe water. In South Africa,
for example, the 1996 constitution guarantees that there is enough clean water
as a basic right. This allows South Africans to take legal action when their
water supply is cut off. In 2006 a court decision ruled that inability to pay
was not a sufficient reason to stop someone from supplying water. The United
States must give in our constitution as South Africa the legal right to clean
water.
The provision of clean water
systems and water investment is critical to safety, sanitation, food security,
and the health of all. Not only is it important but there is a global profit
and income of more than 500 billion a year. Now, the delivery of clean water
systems to those regions where they are needed is increasing but for real
impact local governments must realize that water is a fundamental right to
satiety, security and health of every country and in doing so will create jobs
and thus ensure economic prosperity for all.
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