Improved water supply and sanitation and water resources management boosts countries economic growth and contributes greatly to poverty eradication. Resolving water related challenges requires that the costs for improved water supply and sanitation and water resources management be seen as sound public and private investments and key to a strategy that boosts economies, enables individuals and businesses to explore new income opportunities and provides them with a fair chance to prosper. Simply put, water and related services must be made part of the economic development business.