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Equality in Clean

Water Service

for Residents

of Jakarta

Now, not only it is easy to access clean water
but the service and price are also equal.

ater is a fundamental human need. Especially
during pandemic like today, where washing
W hands with running water is one of ways to
prevent COVID-19.

As a fundamental need, the United Nations (PBB)
makes the right to water as one of basic human rights,
just like the right to life, the right to be independent,
and so on. This recognition of water as a human right
is explicitly stated in UN Resolution No.64/292, at the
th
United Nations General Assembly, June 28 2010.
With this recognition, everyone has the right to
adequate, safe, easily accessible water to meet
their personal and domestic needs. Referring to the
calculation of the World Health Organization (2010), the
minimum water requirement is 30 litres per individual
per day, with 10 litres for drinking and 20 litres for
sanitation.

In Indonesia, the recognition of water as a fundamental
human right is recognized through Law No.17/2016
concerning Water Resources. The state also guarantees

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