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The Toilet
A move to improve the water sanitation and rid it of human waste
Alexander Cumming was granted a patent for a flushing lavatory. Joseph Brahmah made a better design in 1778. The U-bend was invented in 1782. -
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Unclean Water Issue
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Neoliberalism
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Move toward water sanitation
Bodies of men called Improvement Commissioners or Paving Commissioners were formed with powers to pave, clean and light the streets (with oil lamps). -
Cholera Outbreak at Broad St.
Broad Street cholera outbreak has a severe outbreak in the Soho district of London, England. This outbreak is best known for John Snow's study of the outbreak and his discovery that cholera is spread by contaminated drinking water. -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of circumstances beyond his control." -
Concern Worldwide
ConcernSmall group of individuals responded to a famine in Biafra and saw the effects of unlcean drinking water which gave rise to Concern Worldwide -
Safe Water Drinking Act of 1974
ensures that EPA require all public water systems meet minimum standards (in the US). This however, grows the awareness of that unclean drinking water is an isssue. -
United Nations Conference on Water
The Mar del Plata United Nations Conference on water was the first and only intergovernmental conference devoted exclusively to water--a milestone in the history of water development. -
Push for NeoLiberalism
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are advocates for neoliberalism, which may be a reason for the prevalent issue of unclean water in developing nations. -
Declaration of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade
United Nations Conference led the UN General Assembly to procliam the Declaration of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade. -
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International Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation Decade
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UN's International Conference on Environment and Development in Dublin and at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit
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IWRA organized its 8th World Water Congress in Cairo
The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) organized a special session on the topic in its Eighth World Water Congress held in Cairo in November 1994, which resulted in a resolution to create the World Water Council and a committee to accomplish the preparatory work for this task. Consensus was established around the need for the creation of a common umbrella organisation to unite the disparate, fragmented, and ineffectual efforts in global water management. -
World Water Forum/World Water Council Set-up
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World Water Council headquarters established in Marseille, France
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First Interim Board of Governors met in Grenada, Spain
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Improvements to detect water impurities
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International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development in Paris
The World Water Council, in cooperation with the Government of France, participated in organizing the International Conference on Water and Sustainable Development in Paris. -
Joint Mounting Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation
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Second World Water Forum
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Water... for profit?
An article in the New York Times was published by John Tagliabure titled, "As Multinationals Run the Taps, Anger Rises over Water for Profit." -
Third World Water Forum
The Third World Water Forum took place in Kyoto, Shiga and Osaka, Japan. Following up on its commintments from the 2nd Forum, the WWC launched the World Water Actions report, an inventory of over 3,000 local water actions. This Forum was the largest water conference in history, gathering 24,000 participants. A Ministerial Conference was held in parallel and brought together 130 Ministers. Participants made hundreds of commitments to action, and each session organizer was asked to state what conc -
State of the Worlds Children
State of the World's Children reports that 400 million children have no access to safe water. 1.4 million children will die each year from lack of access to safe drinking water and aequate training. -
4th World Water Forum
The Fourth World Water Forum was held in Mexico City, gathering some 20,000 people from throughout the world who participated in 206 working sessions, under the theme "local actions for a global challenge". -
United Nations Human Development Reports
Reports that scarcity at the heart of the global water crisis is rooted in power, poverty, and inequality, not physical availability -
"World Without Water" by Vandara Shiva
linkIndian scientist and activist reports that the water crisis is a human created crisis; it is not a shortage crisis but a mangement crisis -
Charity: water Campaign and Foundation Begins
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Indian Farmers vs. Coca-Cola
Indian Farmers dont have enough water, and must dig deeper and deeper wells to find water due to Coca-Cola using water resources. Brings awarenss to water issue around the globe. -
Charity Water in the Press
Reject Apathy features the owner and founder of Charity: water. -
New York Times Article
A New York Times article reports on a little girl, Rachel Beckwith, who died at age 9. however for her ninth birthday she wanted to donate money to Charity: water. The charity recieved over $850,000 in donations in regards to Rachel. Which exceed Justin Bieber's donation of $47, 544 -
Institute for Food and Development Policy
Suggested that economic globalization is largely to blame for water crisis.
