MANILA, Philippines — Environmental watchdog EcoWaste Coalition appealed to water regulators on Saturday to expedite solutions to the water crisis, stressing that access to water is both a consumer and a human right. ADVERTISEMENT“We join our citizens, as right holders, in reminding those responsible for realizing our human right to water to find a long-lasting solution to our water woes,” he added. The water crisis has revived talks about the construction of China-funded Kaliwa Dam in the northern Quezon section of the Sierra Madre. READ: Water crisis fans calls for transparency in dam, other China-funded projectsEcoWaste then cited Resolution 64/292 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010 recognizing the human right to water and sanitation. Affordable: Water, and water facilities and services, must be affordable for all.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2019 01:52 UTC