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<b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> press-releases-bounces@lists.spc.int [mailto:press-releases-bounces@lists.spc.int]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>SPC Media<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 March 2017 10:23 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SPC-News] FOCUSING ATTENTION ON PACIFIC CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING SAFE WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL ON WORLD WATER DAY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">MEDIA RELEASE </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:15.0pt">Focusing attention on Pacific challenges in achieving safe water and sanitation for all on World Water Day</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:15.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">22 March 2017 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Suva, Fiji</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"> – Today the Pacific marks World Water Day, a day designated to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of fresh
water resources to sustainable development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">However today, like every other day of the calendar, more than a million Pacific Islanders will wake to the task of collecting drinking water from a polluted stream or well, and to the challenge of
finding a safe and private place in the bush or on the beach to go to the toilet.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">According to the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Director-General, Dr Colin Tukuitonga, this is not just an issue of hardship and inconvenience. Lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation poses
a serious health risk - particularly to children - and a fundamental development constraint for Pacific nations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">“Access to potable water and safe sanitation is a basic human right that many people take for granted,” Dr Tukuitonga said. “However, it is a right currently denied to almost two thirds of Pacific
Islanders, notably in the rural areas of Melanesia, in informal settlements surviving on the fringes of the region’s growing urban areas, and on the hundreds of small atolls scattered across the Pacific.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Dr Tukuitonga noted that all of SPC’s island members have made progress towards improving access water and sanitation. “However,
in too many cases these efforts are not keeping up with population growth and urbanising populations, let alone the emerging impacts of climate change,” he said.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">“Increased collaboration is needed by countries, partners and local communities in order to support the tremendous effort required
to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation by 2030.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">The theme of this year’s World Water Day is
<i>“Why waste water?</i>” and focuses on ways to reduce the wastage of water and the impact of wastewater on our environment.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Speaking at Tuvalu’s World Water Day celebrations, SPC Water Security Project Manager, Uatea Salesa, acknowledged the role that appropriate technologies, such as composting toilets, can play in conserving
scarce drinking water supplies and reducing the impact of wastewater on lagoon environments.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">“In many cases, locally-tested solutions already exist, such as sustainable sanitation options, sound groundwater management, and effective rainwater harvesting,” Mr Salesa said. “Local communities
are keen to replicate and upscale these solutions, and with the right support of the region’s development partners, there’s no reason why safe and sustainable water and sanitation can’t be a reality for all Pacific Islanders.”
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">More information on World Water Day can be found here:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday&c=E,1,Gbabn-FOaRr7Reo9621fxb_fVbzIbXsSkXA7oW2W4PDnPalpTQQzePxjhwJwKdLrVNPEdg131e5a5sFocTsiSU3-NbCQEUBtALNZFW_Yv6STukY,&typo=1"><span lang="EN-GB">www.unwater.org/worldwaterday</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#333333">.
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Media contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Dave Hebblethwaite, Water Security and Governance Coordinator,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:daveh@spc.int"><span lang="EN-GB">daveh@spc.int</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"> or +679 9983059<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">About Us:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">SPC is the principal scientific and technical organisation in the Pacific region, supporting sustainable development since 1947. It is an intergovernmental development organisation owned and governed
by its 26 country and territory members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Useful link<span style="color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">More information on water management in the Pacific can be found at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.pacificwater.org&c=E,1,CpWth1nfSuOQ6QqWwwvQzJO1ttbVlnRras13tPGBv0szXFxUFlf4kBtSzgzbCR5sQA56wsntf2YlkXOc5hltdNhZv1OIRXWKOQzjUfBz_9JnZ9o,&typo=1"><span lang="EN-GB">www.pacificwater.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#333333">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This World Water Day, only half of Pacific Islanders access improved drinking water, lagging behind other SIDS and the rest of the world</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">7.6 million Pacific Islanders will require new safe drinking water facilities by 2030 for the Pacific to meet global SDG for water<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">This World Water Day, less than a third of Pacific Islanders have access to improved sanitation facilities and the health benefits they bring. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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