This chapter has shown that the ideas of human rights have infiltrated the thinking
of the participants in this research. From the idea that water is essential to life, to the
recognition of the government as responsibility bearer, to the inherent realization that
multiple areas of rights need be addressed to effectively achieve access to safe water in
Northern Ghana. It has also shown that there are gaps that must be addressed in enacting
a rights-based approach to social enterprise in the water sector, specifically: