Drinking water policy documents

Do you have drinking water policy documents for the developing world? I am working on such a document for Pakistan.

There are many international policy documents on drinking water. Below are a few you may find useful.  

• The Bonn Charter for Safe Drinking Water

• Guidelines for drinking-water quality. Vol. 1 : Recommendations

• Lenton, R. ; Wright, A.M. and Lewis, K. (2005). Health, dignity, and development : what will it take?. London, UK, Earthscan ; New York, NY, USA, UN Millennium Project/UNDP. An abridged version has been co-published with the Swedish Water House.

• The Right to water
  (see also The Right to Water web site)

• UN (2004). Freshwater management: policy options and possible actions to expedite implementation: Report of the Secretary-General. 

• UN World Water Development Report 2003. 
  Or see the Executive summary.

• Water milestones - overview of international water meetings and statements from 1972-2003. Provided by the World Water Assessment Programme.

• World Bank (2004). The World Bank Group’s Program for Water Supply and Sanitation. 

• WSSCC (2000). Vision 21 : water for people : a shared vision for hygiene, sanitation and water supply and a framework for action. See also the web site of the WSSCC for the "Vision 21 in brief".

Please also check our library database IRCDOC , for more references on drinking water policies.

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