Basic water and economic development: can they co-exist?

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Water as a human right R ights are an integral part of human existence, and can be defined as a claim or refer to a legal title. The incorporation of rights into social choice and political morality has been a familiar theme in the Western world. Government institutions have adopted different viewpoints or ethical theories to address the social need and demands of the people they serve. Water, a natural resource, has been subjected to laws of demand and supply. As urbanisation and industrialisation has progressed, water has become scarce and more stringent laws to regulate water supplies have been enacted by countries in general. In South Africa, water rights have changed dramatically during the past three hundred years. In the democratic South Africa the structure of water rights has been redesigned with the adoption of a new progressive constitution, which safeguards the individual’s human right to basic water. a price, which means it is exchanged between a buyer and a seller – a contractual right.

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