Reflecting on World Water Day

Today, March 22nd, people and organizations crossways the world module discern the 18th Annual World Water Day raising the profile of the importance of safe, reliable liquid for everyone. Around one 1000000000 people -- that's nine zeros -- lack decent admittance to healthy liquid and World Water Day, first established by the United Nations (UN), provides the opportunity for everyone to intend involved. With increased awareness created by programs that stem from events like World Water Day, 200 million people have gained admittance to decent liquid in the past decade -- this is progress, but there's still such to do.

That's ground everyone from activists to actors, regulators to joint executives are helping to distribute the word about clean, accessible liquid through a number of initiatives taking locate around the globe throughout the week. Residents of communities everyplace are coming unitedly to fete decent water, and organizations big and small, for- and not-for-profit, share in their resolve to come orbicular liquid challenges.

Thousands of people from villages and slums crossways the country of India are meeting with elected officials, international organizations and community leaders to handle the importance of water, cleaning and hygiene. In Honduras, Water For People is continuing the work it has done since 1993 to deliver decent water, cleaning services and medicine education. The president of National Association of Water Companies member CH2M Hill, Elisa Speranza, is also the president of the Water For People board, extending her activity function in the liquid community to provide liquid services to people in remote areas everywhere.

In Nairobi, the UN and its partners module gather for an event focused on liquid quality, bringing unitedly policy makers, scientists and others to handle how to come the challenges of degrading liquid calibre around the world.

A wide range of issues impacts orbicular liquid access, and the efforts of many of us in the liquid community are aimed at identifying ways to come those challenges including infrastructure, pollution, biodiversity and the impact of orbicular status change on liquid quality, to study just a few. In fact, just terminal week NAWC joined another organizations as a participant in the Global Water Strategy Summit here in Washington, DC.

Tomorrow (March 23), liquid advocates module take to Capitol Hill for World Water Advocacy Day, promoting increased engagement on orbicular liquid and cleaning issues. The senate Committee on Foreign Relations is scheduled to consider S. 624, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act that same day. If passed, this law would go a long way toward supporting the development of sustainable liquid resources and cleaning facilities in developing countries. The NAWC is a strong exponent for this bill introduced by Senator Durbin and supported by 30 of his senate colleagues from both sides of the aisle.

World Water Day provides an opportunity to fete how far we've come and reflect upon how such we have still to do. Today is a reminder of how we should treat this valuable, precious resource. As we reach for the handle to adjust the temperature for our farewell shower, or flush the toilet, or liquid the lawn, or turn on the touch to intend a glass of decent water, we should all consider the millions of people everyplace who are travel miles to intend to untreated liquid to sustain life in communities and villages off the proverbial grid. Our shared contest on World Water Day, and every day, is to refer and implement solutions to the many challenges associated with liquid quality, admittance and availability.