RT null T1 Water Pollution Control - A Guide to the Use of Water Quality Management Principles A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 World Health Organization, A1 Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, A2 Helmer, Richard A2 Hespanho, Ivanildo K1 water quality K1 pollution control K1 water policy K1 water pollution K1 water resource K1 water reuse K1 wastewater K1 water treatment K1 groundwater K1 sewage K1 transboundary pollution K1 transboundary water pollution K1 case study K1 India K1 China K1 Nigeria K1 Philippines K1 Brazil K1 Mexico K1 Russia K1 Cyprus K1 Jordan K1 Yemen SN 0 419 22910 8 YR 1997 FD 1997 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33367 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33367 NO Water pollution control is clearly one of the most critical of those challenges. Without urgent and properly directed action, developing countries face mounting problems of disease, environmental degradation and economic stagnation, as precious water resources become more and more contaminated. At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, world leaders recognised the crucial importance of protecting freshwater resources. Chapter 18 of Agenda 21 sees "effective water pollution prevention and control programmes" as key elements of national sustainable development plans. NO https://www.unenvironment.org DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 23, 2026