Improving Global Water Quality
Description
Description
A mechanism to enable governments to establish policy and legal frameworks for addressing deteriorating water quality will be initiated.
Implementation of the Project/Activity
UNEP is committed to support the international process for improving global water quality through:
1) Developing International Water Quality Guidelines for Aquatic Ecosystems to serve as a reference for establishing national/regional policy and legal frameworks;
2) Strengthening global process for monitoring, storing and accessing water quality information
3) Keeping the global water quality under review through water quality assessment reports
Partners
UNWater, Global Water System Project
SDGS & Targets
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SDG 14 targets covered
Deliverables & Timeline
International Water Quality Guidelines for Aquatic Ecosystems
Fifty percent increase of the global water quality data stored in the GEMS/Water databases
Global Water Quality Assessment Report
Resources mobilized
In-kind contribution
International Water Quality Guidelines for Aquatic Ecosystems: $250,000
In-kind contribution
Global Water Quality Monitoring Network: $1,000,000
In-kind contribution
Global Water Quality Assessment Report: $420,000
Financing (in USD)
1670000
Financing (in USD)
1670000
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Timeline
01 January 1970 (start date)
31 December 2015 (date of completion)
Entity
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Goals
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Geographical coverage
Global
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Countries
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Contact Information
Thomas Chiramba, Head, Freshwater Ecosystems Unit, DEPI