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Lopez Ostra, ECHR in Water
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Non-revenue water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Non revenue water (NRW) is water that has been produced and is “lost” before it reaches the customer. Losses can be real losses (through leaks, sometimes also referred to as physical losses) or apparent losses(for example through theft or metering ina
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lawbibliography_righttowater.pdf (application/pdf Object)
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Water as a Human Right
There have been both express and implied references to a right to water in public international law. Some of the instruments included in the following analysis are traditional human rights instruments. Instruments arising in the humanitarian law arena, as
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Right to water and privatization, LL.M Paper
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Human rights, international law and water
2. Human rights, international law and water Until the 1970s, international instruments were largely silent on water access and conservation. The notable exception was the Geneva Conventions, which provided that occupying powers must provide access to mi
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Google Mail - [fkkm] ”Catchments Area” Supaya Ditinjau Ulang
Rencana ekspor air ke Singapura yang diikuti kebijakan menetapkan kawasan catchments area seluas 37 ribu hektare di Pulau Bintan masih menimbulkan kontroversi.
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French Water Law
When French courts have to decide on a water disconnection case for nonpayment, they usually order the reinstatement of supply in order to protect health or human dignity. A few cases of jurisprudence have taken place. As court proceedings are slow and co
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IngentaConnect A Regulatory Approach to the Jakarta Water Supply Concession Contracts
A Regulatory Approach to the Jakarta Water Supply Concession Contracts Author: Lanti, Achmad1 Source: International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 22, Number 2, June 2006, pp. 255-276(22) Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Franc
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Land and water – the rights interface
Throughout history, in many societies and legal traditions rights to use water and land have been closely inter-linked. Sometimes, particularly in arid areas, the right to use land depended on the application of water.[116] More commonly, the right to use
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water privatisation in England and Wales
The experience of water privatisation in England and Wales shows that the use of equity financing serves the interests of private shareholders before
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D19: WaterTime case study - Edinburgh, UK Emanuele Lobina,1 Senior ...
together with the relative electoral weakness of the Conservative government in Scotland.7 However, the 1989 water privatisation in England and Wales
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WATER PRIVATISATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Economic Regulation. Institute of Water Officers. (Northern Area Weekend School). 2nd February 2007. Ofwat: protecting consumers, promoting value and
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water privatization england
DETERMINING THE CONTRIBUTION OF TECHNICAL, EFFICIENCY, AND SCALE CHANGE TO PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE PRIVATIZED ENGLISH AND WELSH WATER AND SEWERAGE INDUSTRY: 1985-2000
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Water companies not built to float
It is the story of water privatisation in England and Wales. The development of regulation since 1989 increasingly and inevitably, involved central
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Water privatisation in england
The paper’s discussion of the structural options for the Water Service starts with a presentation on the results of water privatisation in England and Wale
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water privatisation in england
ABSTRACT: This paper details the history of water privatisation in England and Wales and the associated evolution. in concepts of efficiency and equity
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Water Rights
Goal of Water Law. To coordinate all uses of water, especially those uses ... A rule of capture; Generally follows the English Rule of Absolute Ownership
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Water Rights and Water Conservation
The natural flow theory (also called the English rule) protects the ... of the reasonable natural flow theory of riparian rights in Arkansas water law
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dirty aid dirty water
The UK Government’s push to privatise water and sanitation in poor countries
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water rivatization in england and wales
In 1989, England and Wales embarked on one of the first modern privatizations in the water sector. The government sold ten publicly owned water companies—encompassing water and sewerage assets and operating licenses—and set up a new, independent secto
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Keppres 23/82 on Irrigation
in the frame-work of implementation of uw Number II of 1974, the Government Regulation Number 22 of 1974 on Water Management Regulation has been promulgated regulating all efforts for water managementsuch as the right of use, control, management, utilizat
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Subak irrigation in Bali
“I am just borrowing water, but I will return it in an hour”. The interdependence of informal and formal institutions in Balinese irrigation management.
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Lorenzen_irrigation.pdf subak in bali
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Lansing 1996
Our interest in trying to find a way to analyze the ecological effects of the traditional management system was stimulated by the crisis in rice production triggered by the advent of the "Green Revolution" in Bali. During the 1950s Indonesia (figure 7.1)
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Subak (irrigation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Subak is the name of water management (irrigation) system for paddy fields on Bali island. For Balinese, irrigation is not simply providing water for the plant's roots, but water is used to construct a complex, pulsed artificial ecosystem.[1] Paddy fields
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Resources on Water Law
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Sources 8 "Legal Resources for the Right to Water" (2004)
This publication compiles and describes international, regional and national legal provisions and case law that give effect to the human right to water.
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PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN WATER SUPPLY PROVISIONS IN INDONESIA: AN OVERVIEW ON LEGAL AND REGULATORY ASPECTS
Difficulty in implementing tariff adjustment is often considered as one of the
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER INDUSTRY IN ENGLAND AND WALES
overall responsibility for all aspects of water law and policy in England,. including water supply, water resources management and the regulatory
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Water UK: Working on behalf of the Water Industry for a sustainable future
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Water...
English water law was relatively simple being formed where water was abundant and conflicts over its use rare
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National Water Law and Policy
What does a National Water Lawyer Actually Research? Discovery Day 21 February 2007
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Land Drainage Act 1994
A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Land Drainage Act 1994, ISBN 010542594X
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Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)
A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59), ISBN 0105459917.
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Water mergers | Reckon Open
This page is for material relating to the regulation of mergers between water companies in England and Wales, including:
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The Water Services Regulation Authority
The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is the economic regulator of the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales. Our role is to seek value for consumers. Before 1 April 2006 our functions rested with the Director General of Water Service
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Water mergers | Reckon Open
whether that merger may be expected to prejudice the ability of [Ofwat], in carrying out its functions by virtue of the [Water Industry Act 1991], to make comparisons between different water enterprises.
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Enterprise Act 2002 | Reckon Open
Amongst many other things, the Enterprise Act 2002 makes the Competition Commission determinative in merger cases and in market investigations (which replace complex monopoly investigations), and changes the substantive question for these investigations a
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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Enforcement Undertakings and Orders) Order 2006
The Stationery Office Limited as the The Enterprise Act 2002 (Enforcement Undertakings and Orders) Order 2006, ISBN 0110740564
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Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57), ISBN 0105457914
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Water Industry Act 1999
A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Water Industry Act 1999 , ISBN 0 10 540999 5. The print version may be purchased by clicking here. Braille copies of this Act can also be purchased at the same pric
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Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
The text of this Internet version of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) has been prepared to reflect the text as it received Royal Assent. The authoritative version is the Queen's Printer copy published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Water Indus
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Fish Out of Water: The Public Trust Doctrine in a Constitutional Democracy
This Article explores various theoretical explanations for the public trust doctrine. The author rejects trust law as unworkable and constitutional law as historically unrelated. The author also rejects explanations rooted in judicial review theory and th
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Water as a Human Right?
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The Common Law Solution to Water Pollution: Publications: The Independent Institute
Before passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the right to pollute water was determined primarily by state common law rules of nuisance and of water rights. The common law rules were strict. As a Texas court noted, “any corruption of water which prevents
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Prior Appropriation
The public trust doctrine is a principle, based on English common law, that the state possesses sovereignty and domain over all shorelands and navigable water. Under this doctrine, the state must administer these lands and waters to maintain public rights
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Water finance - a discussion note
This paper examines issues of financing water supply and sanitation systems, including: - A critique of the ?top down? approach to water finance of the World Bank, the Camdessus report, and the water multinationals - Proposing a different approach, based
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Privatising other people's water - the contradictory policies of Netherlands, Norway and Sweden
The Nordic countries, including Norway and Sweden, are famous for their strong welfare state and public services. Stockholm?s public sector water company hosts the world?s leading annual conference of water, in a week that celebrates its achievement of cl
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Making water privatisation illegal: - new laws in Netherlands and Uruguay
Both Uruguay and Netherlands are legislating to make privatisation of water illegal. This report describes the processes and discusses the context of international laws.
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Private and public interests in water and energy
Article in Natural Resources Forum 28 (2004) 268?277 November 2004 on social risks of privatisation of water and energy. Based on empirical evidence from developed, transition and developing countries, the article looks at how the introduction of private
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Water privatisation and restructuring in Asia-Pacific
Overview of privatisation, liberalisation and restructuring of water in Asia-Pacific, including survey of multinational and regional companies.
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Privatisation and restructuring of water supply in Russia and Ukraine
Examines the problems and policy issues in the water sector on Russia and Ukraine, the experiences with privatisation and reform so far, the activities of international institutions, and of multinational and Russian companies in the water sector.
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Public resistance to privatisation in water and energy
The process of privatisation in water and energy has proved widely unpopular and encountered strong political opposition. This paper examines the role of this opposition in delaying, cancelling, or reversing the privatisation of water and energy. Developm
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A global review of multinational corporations in the water and electricity sectors
The strategies, activites and retreats of multinational corporations in the water and electricity sectors
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GATS and the Electricity and Water Sectors
This paper discusses the impact of the GATS agreement of the World Trade Organisation on the electricity and water sectors.
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Aquafed - another pressure group for private water
An analysis of the new private water lobby group, Aquafed, and the other forms of lobbying and pressure used by the private water companies.
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Pipe Dreams - failure of the private sector to invest in water
The report examines the empirical evidence on the numbers of new connections to water supply resulting from investment by private sector water companies in developing countries.
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Water and electricity in Nigeria
The report reviews privatisation solutions promoted by the World Bank and the IFC, and critical responses to them.
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Watertime Links
list of water related research in eu
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WaterTime
Watertime final results: Good Practice Recommendations and Participatory Decision Support System
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Water as a Public Service
A review of the history, economics and politics of public water services, including the role of capital finance, labour, and democratic participation.
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General Comment No. 15 ICESCR
Convention Abbreviation: CESCR COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ... General Comment No. 15 (2002) The right to water (arts.
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Water Library - Privatization of Water: International Year of Freshwater 2003
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IELRC.ORG - Water law reforms - India - Switzerland - SNF
National legislation is the outcome of processes, both local and the global. The interaction and influence between the domestic and the international legal systems, is mutually enriching. Certain aspects of water management have first been the product of
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SEA-USER News
According to the Business Times, Poh Lian Holdings has acquired 20 percent of a consortium, Upton Synergy Indonesia (USI), which has just completed a feasibility study to harness several water catchment areas in Indonesia's Riau islands, which lies close
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Ecologic - Institute for International and European Environmental Policy - Liberalisation of water services in Europe: recent developments
21 May 2003, Vienna - R. Andreas Kraemer R. Andreas Kraemer, the Director of Ecologic, presented a first assessment of recent developments concerning the potential liberalisation of water services in Europe.
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Challenges and Strategies for Water Supply and the European Commission May 2003 Green Paper on Services of General Interest
WRc/Ecologic Study on Competition in Water • Objectives and issues • Key findings (on competition) • Green Paper on Services of General Interest • Character and Purpose • Need for EC regulatory framework for water supply? • Walking a tightrope
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Water and Competition Law in Europe
PREPARED BY WRC AND ECOLOGIC FOR THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION - COMPETITION DIRECTORATE GENERAL STUDY CONTRACT NO. COMP/2002/E3/SI2.334052 STUDY ON THE APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES TO THE WATER SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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New Economy of Water
surface water needing treatment, just ahead of EU plans to. liberalize its water industry. ... possible bulk water trade restrictions might suggest
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Wetlands in the EEA's Third Assessment of Europe's Environment
At the EU level, the Water Framework Directive, which sets provisions for the protection of water resources at the catchment level, will help in developing wetland conservation strategies. The European Charter on Water Resources adopted by the environment
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2 European water charter - regjeringen.no
2 European water charter Proclaimed in Strasbourg, 6 May 1968 PREAMBLE The Committee of Ministers, Having regard to Recommendation 436 (1965) of the Consultative Assembly on fresh water pollution control in Europe; Taking into account Resolution No. 1
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CIPD - Human rights
A further potential example comes from the case of McGowan v Scottish Water [2005] IRLR 167.The employee claimed that Scottish Water had breached his rights to family life under Article 8 by covert surveillance of his house which revealed he was falsifyin
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EUI - LAW - Human Rights, Constitutionalism and ...
Human Rights, Constitutionalism and International Economic Law Professors Francesco FRANCIONI and Ernst-Ulrich PETERSMANN with occasional participation by Professor M. PATTERSON
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The Human Right to Water Revisited - Professor Stephen C. McCaffrey
The European Parliament declared in September 2003 that "access to drinking water is a basic human right," and the European Council on Environmental Law has adopted a Resolution on the Recognition of the Right to Drinking Water in the Member States of the
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Environment and Rural Development Committee - Evidence Received forThe Water Services Etc. (Scotland) Bill
The drivers of the existing policy on water services do not appear to marry up water service objectives with social justice objectives, based as they are on the twin assumptions of (a) no general taxation funds should be put into water services and (b) th
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The Becker-Posner Blog: How to Conserve Water Efficiently-BECKER
How to Conserve Water Efficiently-BECKER The sharp rise in world population and income during the past five decades has stimulated greatly increased demand for clean water, and concern about whether the supply of water would be adequate to meet these nee
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The Becker-Posner Blog: The Science and Economics of Water Shortage--Posner
The Science and Economics of Water Shortage--Posner The shorter the supply of a natural resource, the more important it is to have an institutional structure for allocating it efficiently among demanders, both present and future.
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Water Pricing and Valuation in Indonesia : Case Study of the ...
Small irrigators under Indonesia’s basic water law do have putative rights. senior to industrial users. A quota system can work, as farmers know in advance ...
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singapore water trade with malaysia and alternative
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hydrology basics
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water-scenarios_abstracts_ eu
water scenario eu
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A Shared Vision - Transnational Institute
A shared vision exists between the EU and water corporations. The vision was put together in a series of private meetings and consultations between water corporations and the EC. The shared vision involves the EU developing the ideological, legal and fina
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EU water policy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Directive is intended to protect human health by laying down healthiness and purity requirements which must be met by drinking water within the Community (see water quality). It applies to all water intended for human consumption apart from natural mi
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EU Water Policy, Complete Resource on Euractive, with links
EU water policies comprise a large body of legislation covering areas as diverse as flood management, bathing-water quality, chemicals in water, clean drinking water, groundwater protection and urban waste water. The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), ad
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Environment - Water - Water Framework Directive
On 23 October 2000, the "Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy" or, in short, the EU Water Framework Directive (or even shorter the WFD) was finall
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EU Water Directive Handbook
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EEB Handbook on EU Water Policy under the Water Framework Directive
Current projects include EU water law, realisation of innovative water technologies, and the. tendencies towards privatisation and liberalisation of the
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Title “EU Water policy; failure to implement will costs EU ...
(Brussels, 21 March, 2007) - On the eve of World Water Day and the European Water Conference, where the Commission’s new report on how well EU water law has
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EUobserver.com
EUOBSERVER / FOCUS - The vast majority of EU states have not properly transcribed EU water law into national legislation, nailed research into water management economics or earmarked cash for investments - environment commissioner Stavros Dimas said in Br
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Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law , search results for : international organizations; associations and institutions > european union, Peace Palace Library
Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law The Bibliography on Water Resources and International Law is compiled by Drs Rens Steenhard, reference librarian at the Peace Palace Library, extended and updated regularly.
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Batlady's bookmarks tagged with "waterrights" on del.icio.us
# COID Overview save this to waterrights irrigation ... on jan 23 # Schroeder Law Offices -- Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Nevada Water Law save this to waterrights water law transfer ... saved by 2 other people ... on aug 28
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Clean Water Act
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WATER LAW REVIEW
A water right is a property right that arises solely by the act of placing water, theretofore unappropriated, to the appropriator’s beneficial purpose. Its place of diversion and use may occur in different watersheds.
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Northwest Water Law & Policy Project
The Northwest Water Law & Policy Project was established in 1994 as a project of the Natural Resources Law Institute at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College.
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R I G H T T O W A T E R
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the right to water from concept to implementation
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About WaterAid Privatisation of water utilities - Private sector participation | WaterAid
"WaterAid strongly believes that privatisation should not be imposed upon poor countries through aid conditions, trade rules or conditions for debt cancellation."
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EPA Ground Water & Drinking Water Frequently Asked Questions
On this page: * Getting Information about your Tap Water o Is it safe? o How will I know if my water isn't safe to drink? o What's this new drinking water report that I've heard about? o How can I test it?
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Water is a Human Right, not a Commodity - Corporate Water Privatization - Sierra Club
"The human right to drinking water is fundamental to life and health. Sufficient and safe drinking water is a precondition for the realization of human rights." — United Nations 'General Comment' on the Right to Water.On November 27, 2002, water was for