Public water supply and access to improved water sources: fact sheet No. 1.2, May 2007
| dc.coverage | Copenhagen | |
| dc.creator | World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe | |
| dc.date | 2023-03-14T16:43:41Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-03-14T16:43:41Z | |
| dc.date | 2007-12-31 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-08-03T10:54:33Z | |
| dc.description | 4 p. | |
| dc.description | Access to safe drinking-water is strongly connected to basic health benefits. Hence, from the public health point of view, the proportion of the population with access to safe drinking-water is an indicator that measures the extent to which basic needs (as defined by the United Nations in recognition of water as a fundamental human right) are met. Outbreaks of disease related to contaminated drinking-water continue to occur even in the economically developed European countries. They can severely affect human health, with infants and young children bearing the highest risk. There is a clear east–west divide as regards access to drinking-water. In western Europe, close to 100% of the population have had access to safe drinking-water since the 1990s. In the eastern part of the Region access remains low, albeit rising, ranging from 58% to 80%. According to the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund Joint Monitoring Programme assessment, there are important disparities between urban and rural areas: in the east only 30–40% of rural households have access to individual sources of safe drinking-water. The data presented in this document mainly reflect the proportion of the population supplied from a public system controlled regularly for quality criteria compliance, and only to a lesser extent the safety and adequacy of drinking-water available to the population. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | WHO/EURO:2007-6376-46142-66757 | |
| dc.identifier | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/366439 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/241846 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe | |
| dc.rights | World Health Organization | |
| dc.subject | Water Supply | |
| dc.subject | Water Quality | |
| dc.subject | Drinking Water | |
| dc.subject | Europe | |
| dc.title | Public water supply and access to improved water sources: fact sheet No. 1.2, May 2007 | |
| dc.type | Technical Documents |