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On March 22, 1992, the United Nations published its “Universal Declaration of Water Rights”. The idea behind the text was to awaken and increase environmental awareness of populations and of those in government positions, especially as to the importance of water for human survival. In the following year, on the same date, the UN General Assembly instituted March 22 as World Water Day. Since then there has been a growing concern as to the scarcity of water resources on the part of peoples. Some analysts are forecasting that in a not-too-distant...