Documents and Reports:
US Government
USAID “Reports to Congress Regarding Investments in Drinking Water Supply Projects and Related Activities”
US Government Accountability Office’s “Report to Congress on Federal Freshwater Programs in the United States and Abroad”
US Public Law 109-121 – The Senator Paul Simon Water For the Poor Act. Scroll down to Pub.L. 109-121.
United States Department of State
This page links to the Strategy document and related events for implementation of the Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act.
Nongovernmental Organizations
Aspen Institute
A Silent Tsunami: The Urgent Need for Clean Water and Sanitation notes that ”for lack of clean water and sanitation, as many poor people are dying each month as perished during the Southeast Asian tsunami.” Based on a 2005 dialogue sponsored by the Aspen Institute’s Program on Energy, the Environment, and the Economy and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, this report provides a series of recommendations on this challenge for governments, businesses, and other organizations.
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
SIWI, in collaboration with other organizations, publishes papers on a number of topics related to water/sanitation/hygiene as well as broader water topics. Click on the “Downloads and Resource Center” on the home page for a list of documents available.
United Nations
United Nations 2nd World Water Development Report. Water: a shared responsibility
World Health Organization
A fact sheet showing water and sanitation as primary drivers of public health.
World Health Organization and UNICEF
WHO and UNICEF Joint Monitoring Water Supply and Sanitation Report
Media/Periodicals
“Dying For a Drink of Clean Water,” Jan Eliasson and Susan Blumenthal, Washington Post Op-Ed, September 20, 2005
“Saving Lives Through Global Safe Water” by James M. Hughes and Jeffrey P. Kaplan, Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2005 Oct
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