“Water is the lifeblood of the planet and of critical importance for all socioeconomic development” (Connor 2015). In 2010 the UN General Assembly “recognizes the right to safe and clean drinking-water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights” (UN 2010). At this time, “approximately 884 million people lack access to safe drinking-water, (...) more than 2.6 billion do not have access to basic sanitation, and (...) approximately 1.5 million children under 5 years of age die and 443 million school days are lost each year as a result of water- and sanitationrelated diseases“. According to the United Nations water is the essential premiss to fulfil other human rights. Clean water is involved in food preparation, in hygiene and is needed to yield well in aspects of agriculture and most kinds of industrial production. All over, without water a life in human dignity is not possible. In 2000, the UN scheduled Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs) for 2015 with the aim to reduce poverty in the world. Nutrition, education, child and mother's health and water hygiene are some of the main topics of the eight MDGs. They all depend on a certain amount and quality of freshwater.weiterlesen