while the demand for water has increased six-fold. Market environmentalism uses the markets as a solution to environmental problems such as environmental degradation and an inefficient use of resources. Supporters of market environmentalism believe that the managing of water as an economic good by private companies will be more efficient than governments providing water resources to their citizens. Such proponents claim that the government costs of developing infrastructure for water resource allocation is not worth the marginal benefits of water provision, thus deeming the state as an ineffective provider of water. Moreover, it is argued that water commodification leads to more sustainable water management due to the economic incentives for consumers to use water more efficiently. The opponents believe that the consequence of water being a human right excludes private sector involvement and requires that water should be given to all people because it is essential to life. Access to water as a human right is used by some NGOs as a means to combat privatization efforts. A human right to water "generally rests on two justifications: the non-substitutability of drinking water ("essential for life"), and the fact that many other human rights which are explicitly recognized in the UN Conventions are predicated upon an (assumed) availability of water (e.g. the right to food)." Organizations Organizations working on the rights to water and sanitation are listed below. United Nations organizations OHCHR (UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights) UNDP UNICEF Sanitation and Water for All Governmental cooperation agencies DFID (United Kingdom's Cooperation Agency) GIZ (German Corporation for International Cooperation) SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) International non-governmental organizations and networks Action against Hunger (ACF) Blood:Water Center for Water Security and Cooperation Freshwater Action Network (FAN) Pure Water for the World The DigDeep Right to Water Project The Pacific Institute The Water Project Transnational Institute with the Water Justice project UUSC WaterAid WaterLex (defunct as of 2020) PeaceJam See also References External links Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights WaterLex Archive The Human Right to Water and Sanitation Translating Theory into Practice (2009) by GIZ Right to Water: Understanding children's right to water on Humanium Human rights by issue Water Sanitation Right to health