A/HRC/42/47/Add.4 F. Recommendation on programmes to mitigate financial impacts of expenditure on water and sanitation RECOMMENDATION 13: “Establish ad hoc programmes to mitigate the financial impact of expenditure on water supply and sanitation by persons without access to collective systems, by setting up social protection measures to ensure that water is affordable.” (A/HRC/33/49/Add.1, para. 96(k)). 49. The Special Rapporteur pointed out in his country visit report that people who lived in areas where ANDA does not provide water and sanitation services tended to pay higher prices for those services. The Special Rapporteur was informed during his country visit that some people paid 4 dollars per week while they made only 22.5 dollars per week, meaning 18 per cent of their income was spent on water – a figure that is far higher than that spent by people who are connected to the national water and sanitation network (A/HRC/33/49/Add.1, para. 69). 50. PLANAPS calls for the creation of a tariff and subsidy policy for the sector that will take into account users’ capacity to pay. However, no further specific measures are detailed which might explain how ANDA will ensure that drinking water and sanitation services will be affordable for all users. The Government responded that since a regulatory entity of the water and sanitation sector does not exist, PLANAPS has been considered as one of the priority strategies to be promoted by the Government in its implementation phase. After the creation of CONAPS, it will be the body responsible for setting subsidies and tariffs for all system operators. 51. The Special Rapporteur notes PLANAPS´ call for the creation of a tariff and subsidy policy and the plans of the Government to create CONAPS. However, he remains concerned that no concrete actions have been taken to reduce the financial impact of access to water and sanitation for persons without access to collective systems, and that no concrete social protection measures have been adopted. Water and sanitation systems have operation and maintenance costs that usually require the collection of funds through fees charged to users. Nevertheless, such fees need to be charged according to the financial capacity and the ability of users to pay, and should not exceed such capacities. Social protection measures need to be adopted in order to ensure that water tariffs and the cost of investments do not disproportionately affect people in vulnerable situations and those on low incomes. PROGRESS NOT STARTED: The Special Rapporteur reiterates his recommendation to the Government to establish specific programmes to mitigate the financial impact of expenditure on water supply and sanitation by persons without access to collective systems by setting up social protection measures. G. Recommendation on the agricultural use of water RECOMMENDATION 14: “Introduce clear national policies to rationalize agricultural use of water so as to increase its availability for human consumption, particularly in regions such as the Dry Corridor, where it is in short supply and which are more sensitive to climate change.” (A/HRC/33/49/Add.1, para. 96(l)). 52. The Special Rapporteur pointed out in his country visit report that FAO estimated that in 2005 agriculture used 68 per cent of water extracted in El Salvador. He also noted that wastage from this sector was high and proposed the introduction of clear national policies to rationalize use and make water more available for human consumption, especially in water scarce regions (A/HRC/33/49/Add.1, para. 74). The National Climate Change Plan (updated in 2017) details measures to ensure availability of water for human consumption and for other uses (including agricultural uses). Regarding the protection of specially affected populations the program aims to identify and incorporate cost-effective measures to strengthen the universal social protection policy with regard to the impacts of 14