Water Supply

Electricity and water supply

(b) regulate and control water utilization with a view to achieving sufficient and continuous supply of water for, inter alia, the maintenance of natural life supporting systems and aquatic fauna and flora

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

The supply of water was derived from a natural head of water, the water mains, or a specialised high pressure water supply such as that provided by the London Hydraulic Power Company.

(i) Support to water supply and sanitation services

Joint Monitoring Programme on water supply and sanitation

However, in winter there sometimes may not be sufficient solar heat gain to deliver sufficient hot water.

In Republika Srpska, 51.4 per cent of households are linked to city water supply, 27.7 per cent to local water supply, while wells are the drinking water source for 13.45 per cent of households.

Breaks in water supply systems are very often, therefore the international water quality cannot be reached.

The gains made in water supply coverage are increasingly threatened.

The great aquifers that supply water for irrigation are being depleted.

Palestinian towns and villages faced severe problems with the water supply.

The Parties shall establish and implement policies for the planning, conservation, management, utilization and development of underground and surface water, as well as the harvesting and use of rain water, and shall endeavour to guarantee for their populations a sufficient and continuous supply of suitable water, taking appropriate measures with due regard to

Economic incentives for efficient water use, for example, could be an integral part of water supply expansion projects.

Successful agriculture is dependent upon farmers having sufficient access to water.

The representative of Bangladesh praised the evaluation of his country's rural hygiene, sanitation and water supply project, describing the steady focus of UNICEF on fresh water supply, sanitation and hygiene facilities.

Ecosystem health is critical to the quantity and quality of water supply.

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water

Sector coverage Some water utilities provide only water supply services, while sewerage is under the responsibility of a different entity.

The Government's village water supply programme was in full swing and would eventually provide every village with a water pump.

Water supply is combined in a section with some environmental activities and services.

There is presently no central electricity or piped water supply anywhere in Liberia.

Measures taken to improve drinking water facilities included establishing the drinking water supply through a network of piped systems, installing a water reservoir, providing mobile and fixed water tanks and testing drinking water.

Population in some rural areas have no access to potable water, and its supply is provided by mean of water tankers.

Water supply quality may be estimated by the epidemiological situation in respect to some water related diseases, primarily intestinal contagious diseases.

Syrian citizens in the Golan controlled only 20 per cent of the water supply.

The UNDP Water Governance Programme and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme are working together to develop rural and urban initiatives in water supply and sanitation.

That is why the water supply problem is a priority in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where some estimates indicate that about 50 per cent of the population is linked to the water supply system.

On the website Faltou Água (Water was missing), a collaborative map shows locations where users have reported interruptions to their water supply.

Water supply service quality has many dimensions continuity water quality pressure and the degree of responsiveness of service providers to customer complaints.

Some Parties presented an estimation of the effect of changes in their water resources on the future water supply and demand balance.

Every human community, whether a small settlement or a massive metropolis, has a water management system with three facets water sources, which lead into water supply systems, and end in water sanitation.

Irregular waste disposal, in addition to inappropriate water supply and sewerage pipes, influences water quality, resulting in more exposure of the population to microbiologically and chemically contaminated water.

Singapore had successfully diversified its water supply sources and had shared its experience with the Maldives, where salt water had contaminated water supplies following the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Sufficient rainfall ensured that the water pumps on the east bank of the river were adequate to provide water to the village.

Water supply and sanitation in Israel are intricately linked to the historical development of Israel.

Approximately 74 per cent of the water supply is provided by the Guam Waterworks Authority.

About 50 per cent of Republika Srpska's population is linked to the water supply system.

At the internally displaced person transit sites, water and sanitation facilities are in short supply.

The area is so sparsely populated that there is no need for public water supply.

Not only are water shortages likely to intensify and spread, but consumers also will increasingly have to pay more for their water supply.

New efforts are under way to address water quality monitoring within the WHO UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP).

Metering Metering of water supply is usually motivated by one or several of four objectives First, it provides an incentive to conserve water which protects water resources (environmental objective).

Essential medicines and materials are in short supply water purification tablets, chlorine disinfectant, antibiotics, jerry cans, soap, water cisterns, and construction material for latrines.