what are the international laws that protect fresh water?
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This site has useful information.\nhttp://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/atlas/atlas_html/foreword/internationalAgreements.html
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International laws and treaties apply when they are adopted (ratified) by the nations. Until then, they are just recommendations.
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sounds like one of my old essays! NGOs are at tbe forefront of international defences of human rights although they have few legal rights. Organisations such as the International Red Cross will defend human rights as far as the right to clean water, food, protection from the elements etc goes but they have no real rights to stay if they are told to leave and can not offer any real security without help from a governmental organisation, such as UN peacekeepers or the ruling body within that district. NGOs can influence the decision for peacekeepers to be deployed though and can publicise a conflict to get media attention and force bodies into acting so from that perspective, they certainly play a key role. You need to define human rights to answer this as the definition used will be key to any analysis. Pop onto the websites of NGOs such as the Red Cross, Oxfam, Christian Aid and do a Google search for other sorts of NGOs - the websites should list their roles in relation to the upkeep of human rights. The UN website is a good place to define human rights and if you take a definition from an online document you can reference it as if you've read it. Good luck!
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You will need Chlorine gas. Due to the common ion effect the salt(Sodium Chloride) will precipitate out leaving the fresh water.\nMaterials Needed:\nChlorine gas\nSalt Water
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water, water and more water
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They must go by the laws of the country in which they are operating.
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water is of course essential. if it comes to energy resources, egypt has a lot of oil and natural gas reserves.
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INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA = SOLAS \nhttp://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?topic_id=257&doc_id=647\nhttp://www.imo.org/Legal/mainframe.asp?topic_id=601\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOLAS\n\nInternational Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships = MARPOL\nhttp://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?doc_id=678&topic_id=258\nhttp://www.oceansatlas.com/servlet/CDSServlet?status=ND00MTQzMC4xODM4OSY2PWVuJjMzPWJvb2tzJjM3PWluZm8~\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARPOL_73/78
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The law varies from state to state. Contact your local Dept. of Natural Resources.
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as opposed to polluted water?
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To keep our used water from spoiling our water resources, we have to remove the pollutants before the water gets back into the environment. In urban areas in most developed countries, the wastewater from homes, businesses and factories is collected by a system of underground pipes-- sewers-- which carry it to one or more central treatment facilites. Most of these are located near bodies of water into which the treated wastewater is discharged. \n\nIn the U.S., all such facilites must have a permit issued by the federal and/or state government, describing limits on the amounts of various pollutants which may be discharged. The U.S. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) refers to these as NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits. Industries located in areas where they are not connected to a sewer can discharge directly into a waterway, but will need a permit, and will probably have to have their own treatment plants. Even industries which are connected to sewers may have to pretreat their wastewaters before discharging them into the sewers, because they may contain materials which will harm the sewers or the treatment plants-- or may be a danger to the people who work in maintaining the sewer system.\n[If you are some one who works in an industrial pretreatment program, you may be aware that the USEPA has recently (July 22, 1999) proposed a series of changes to the current regulations. I have prepared a summary of the proposals which you may find helpful before reading the entire document.] \n\nHomes in non-urban areas that are not connected to a sewer are usually required by their town to have on-site treatment systems. Most common for single homes are septic systems, which consist of a buried tank connected to a set of perforated pipes, embedded in gravel, which distribute the water into the soil. (The "Links" page has several references on this subject.) Larger housing complexes may have treatment systems based on the principles used in full-scale sewage treatment plants. \n\n\nA Word About Sewers: Besides having a set of sewer pipes-- called, strangely enough, sanitary sewers-- which carry wastewater to a treatment plant, cities and towns also need pipes to collect stormwater. These are needed to prevent street flooding and usually lead directly to a waterway without any treatment. The runoff of pollutants from streets and yards into these storm sewers contain oil and other automotive wastes, which may contain toxic metals and organic compounds-- as well as pesticides and nutrient-containing fertilizers from lawns and gardens, and pathogenic microorganisms from animal wastes. The problem of pollution from storm sewers is currently being addressed by the USEPA. Further complicating the situation is the fact that while some cities and towns have completely separate sanitary and storm sewer systems, many others have combined systems. During rainy periods, combined sewers cause two problems: overloading of the treatment plant with extra water and contaminating waterways with untreated sewage from overflows. Even in cities with separate sewer systems, the flows to the treatment plants often increase greatly when it rains because of cracks or separations in the pipes, which allow groundwater or stormwater from broken storm sewer pipes to infiltrate into the sanitary sewer-- or from direct inflow of stormwater into manholes and from illegal connections of roof drains and sump pumps in buildings.*
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http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/about_legislation.htm\n\nhttp://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/reflist.html
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Those traditional rules that are set up by history and the society. For example, it is acceptable in India to pee in the streets, while in France you'd be fined for that.
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Water ... the most basic need of living creatures.  Water issues are causing war in Northern Africa.  This is the number one problem with North Africa.  The lack of water and water rights are causing civil war, genocide, poverty, sickness, and death.  When we see Africa getting attention with millions in desert climate, and dust everywhere this is the cause of water rights and civil rights.  Since plumming is not available in regions, there is the issue of dealing with waste: human waste <pooh>, decomposing bodies, and food waste... something the modern world has and it's so normal that we often forget to be thankful for our sewer systems!!!\n\nAlso, helping the citizens of Africa find peace with their sexuality is very important.  Sexuality is causing Aids and other STD's ... girl children giving birth far too young causing harm to their bodies ... sexual slavery is a major problem in Africa as well.  Additionally, basic medical treatments like vaccinations, and aspirin are needed in Africa.
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WELL, there are 1,400,000,000 cubic kilometers of water total on the earth in all forms (ice, ground, surface, air, and soil), of which only about 3 percent is fresh water (two-thirds of which is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps), which is 42,000,000 km3 total, or 13,860,000 km3 of liquid fresh water on earth.\n\nhey, i wonder how much of that is inside people.... :)
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Go to EPA (Enviromental Protection Agency).\nThey have books and books of them.
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International work is normally related to WHO standards.\n\nFor testing you need to go to a library that has a copy of what is called "Standard Methods"\n\nThe EPA version can be found on their publication site.\n\nScroll down to 600479020 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes