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Banishing the Specter
Author(s) -
Offbuhr Jackw . H
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2004.tb10636.x
Subject(s) - sanitation , political science , action (physics) , column (typography) , environmental planning , public administration , engineering , geography , environmental engineering , telecommunications , physics , frame (networking) , quantum mechanics
In his column, AWWA Executive Director Jack Hoffbuhr discusses waterborne disease. He mentions that the United Nations has proclaimed that the decade from 2005 to 2015 will be the “International Decade for Action, Water for Life,” with the overall goal being to cut in half, by 2015, the number of people who are unable to access safe drinking water and basic sanitation. He believes it can be done and discusses three major weaknesses that need to be overcome first.