Our planet's inequitable ways are nowhere more palpable as in the potable water availability and sanitation standards between the developed and the developing world. A universal political and humanitarian will was very much the need of the hour - "The recognition by the UN General Assembly, in 2010, of water and sanitation as a human right provides additional political impetus towards the ultimate goal of providing everyone with access to these vital services" - WHO & UNICEF report on water and sanitation.