By Becky Gaze, New York Times
The topic of ensuring access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation
was a vigorous debate which caused many different solutions to the problems
associated with these to arise within the World Health Organization committee from many different delegates.
"The use of water drip irrigation systems, which conserve the use of water in agriculture, are significantly more efficient than a standard irrigation system would have a significant positive impact upon the reduction of water loss” stated the Israel Delegation, being one of the many delegates who voiced their answers for the topic.
The Japan delegation declared a different solution to the issue.
“A compound which has been developed by the
Poly-Glu Group can be mixed into dirty water, which causes the particulates to
settle on the base and once the water is boiled it becomes completely safe to
drink," the Japan delegation said, which expressed a desire for this to be distributed to developing nations
and areas struck with disaster as a way for them to still have access to safe
water and resulting in a reduction in water-spread disease within those states.
Other solutions were also presented.
“The building of freshwater treatment plants can be used in lakes around Africa, at which point a large amount of freshwater will be generated which can be distributed all throughout Africa, ensuring that everyone has access to safe water,” the Congo Delegation proposed.
The Spain delegation proposed a plan named RAP, meant to “recognize all nations with water
inefficiencies and personally help them to increase their water levels”, “raise awareness through social media to
reduce unnecessary water consumption in developing nations, and reuse reclaimed
water for irrigation and landscaping,” and “perform the program, with a day
where NGOs and businesses willing to participate in the program will inform
communities on how to desalinate water and reduce their avoidable water
consumption within rural areas once per year.”
Throughout the debate, more solutions will become apparent for the issues surrounding the topic of ensuring access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation, and member states will likely come to one resulting idea of how to best address the problems associated with this topic.
