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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… Convention) WQS Water Quality Standards WSP Water Safety Plan WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (United States) … efforts to increase access to water and to improve its safety and quality. The chapter concludes with a detailed … by human activity do not adversely affect human health and safety, plant and animal health and life and soil and air …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… human rights treaties, including data on the adequacy, safety, affordability and continuity or regularity of water supply, and the safety, affordability and cultural acceptability of … or sufficient sanitation facilities), quality (including safety of water and sanitation facilities), accessibility, …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… utmost urgency in order to protect public health, public safety or other equally important interests, the State … or to their environment, including harm to human health or safety, to Groundwater in international law 29 the use of the … activity on the environment including human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… property; involuntary resettlement; indigenous peoples; safety of dams; disputed areas; and international waterways. … may be, detrimental, harmful or injurious to the health, safety or welfare of the public or any section thereof or any … planning and environment impact assessments; c. for public safety and disaster management; and d. on the status of water …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… as "where there are overriding economic, social, health or safety considerations", where it would not be in the … dams, in addition to those relating to issues such as dam safety, flood management and water level control. Rather than … opportunities. Management of the reservoir sediment, dam safety, climate change adaptation, and other environmental …
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Change : Adaptation of water resources management to climate change

… quality, and extreme weather events, public on health and safety. Enterprise risks are those faced by water management … have usually made decisions about key security and safety issues along technical lines and using “professional … buffers. This includes adjusting the margins to maintain safety and reliability, for instance by topping-up current …
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Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… cases where it is necessary to protect public health and safety or that of other equally important interests50. … dykes and other types of physical infrastructures;• Public safety and natural disasters;• Research and development; and• … on the environment include effects on human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape …
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Sources of international water law

… is obliged to take in case of an emergency affecting the safety of the State or the vital interests of the country … for exercising technical control and securing public safety; e) the protection of sites; f) the regulation of the … utmost urgency in order to protect public health, public safety or other equally important interests, the State …
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Water-related conflict and security in Southern Africa: The SADC Protocol on shared watercourses

… threats that potentially threaten the life, health, safety, and security of humans. The paper then proceeds to … threats posed can potentially threaten the life, health, safety, and security of humans. The concept of environmental … that have disrupted law and order and threatened the safety and security of areas.37 Where these conflicts have …
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The Joensuu negotiation: A mulitlateral simulation exercise: The UN Framework Convention on Transboundary Aquifers

… threats that potentially threaten the life, health, safety, and security of humans. The paper then proceeds to … threats posed can potentially threaten the life, health, safety, and security of humans. The concept of environmental … that have disrupted law and order and threatened the safety and security of areas.37 Where these conflicts have …
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