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UN Expert
urges Costa Rica to Improve Water Safety
A
UN expert on Friday urged the Costa Rica
government to take measures to improve water
safety, saying the country is facing a great
risk by the current management of waste
water.
About 96.5 percent of waste water discharged
into rivers and sea without any treatment,
UN independent advisor and expert on water
and human rights Catarina De Alburquerque
said.
The expert, who just ended a visit to the
country last week, said there are great
differences between areas of the country.
For example, in the urban areas about 90
percent of citizens have access to drinking
water, while in rural areas far from the
capital the rate is only 60 percent.
These inequalities affect in particular
indigenous peoples, Afro-Costa Rican,
migrants and poor people, De Alburquerque
said, noting it is urgent for the government
to review and adjust the country's Law of
Water.
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