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MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON DRINKING WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION:
This ministerial conference was held from 22-23
March 1994, in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Recommendations to the
CSD included: support strategies to assist the underprivileged that
are cost-effective, based on the real needs of communities, and
designed to protect critical aquatic ecosystems and water source
catchment areas; reduction of the high levels of water wasted in
many cities, agriculture and industry; promotion of water
conservation through recycling and reuse; and application of sound
economic principles in water allocation and pricing, based on the
principle that water is a social and economic good, while
recognizing that it is a basic human need. Governments should
develop the legal and institutional framework to support
participation and partnership, provide access to information, and
support public education and capacity building programmes.
Governments should also preserve the natural quality of both
surface and groundwater.