Artikel 9

1. The Parties shall take steps designed to enhance the awareness of all sectors of the public regarding:
a) The importance of, and the relationship between, water management and public health;
b) The rights and entitlements to water and corresponding obligations under private and public law of natural and legal persons and institutions, whether in the public sector or the private sector, as well as their moral obligations to contribute to the protection of the water environment and the conservation of water resources.
2. The Parties shall promote:
a) Understanding of the public-health aspects of their work by those responsible for water management, water supply and sanitation; and
b) Understanding of the basic principles of water management, water supply and sanitation by those responsible for public health.
3. The Parties shall encourage the education and training of the professional and technical staff who are needed for managing water resources and for operating systems of water supply and sanitation, and encourage the updating and improvement of their knowledge and skills. This education and training shall include relevant aspects of public health.
4. The Parties shall encourage:
a) Research into, and development of, cost-effective means and techniques for the prevention, control and reduction of water-related disease;
b) Development of integrated information systems to handle information about long-term trends, current concerns and past problems and successful solutions to them in the field of water and health, and provision of such information to competent authorities.