Cultural heritage is inextricably linked with the availability and accessibility of water. Sacred rivers, ancestral springs, traditional irrigation practices, and communal water rituals constitute the intangible and tangible heritage of manypeoples worldwide. The UN Human Rights Council Resolution 15/9 and General Comment No. 15 (2002) from the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) affirms the human right to water as indispensable for leading a life in human dignity. The erosion of access to water—through environmental degradation, legal exclusion, or physical scarcity—therefore amounts to an erosion of cultural identity and heritage.
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