HashtagsCompiled on | #WorldWaterDay |
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Related Hashtags | #Water, #Conservewater |
2024 Date | March 22, 2024 |
2025 Date | March 22, 2025 |
World Water Day is an annual observance initiated by the United Nations to highlight the importance of freshwater. The day aims to promote awareness about the 2.2 billion people worldwide living without access to safe water. It seeks to tackle the global water crisis, emphasizing themes such as water scarcity, sanitation issues, and water-related diseases. Not just about raising awareness, this day drives concerted action and facilitates the sharing of best practices. Introduced in 1993 following a United Nations General Assembly resolution in 1992, World Water Day has a direct impact on people in America. Every year, the event underscores issues that affect Americans including water pollution, infrastructure decay, and the impact of climate change on water resources. Moreover, it brings attention to the plight of marginalized communities within the US, who often have less access to clean and safe drinking water. For example, the crisis in Flint, Michigan, exemplifies the acute water-related challenges some areas face. In the United States, World Water Day is marked by various activities organized by government agencies, non-profit organizations, schools, and communities. These include educational programs, community clean-ups, and conservation projects. It aims to encourage individual and collective action, and often involves raising funds for water and sanitation projects both domestically and overseas. World Water Day is observed in the US, like the rest of the world, on March 22nd annually. Facts about World Water Day
Top things to do in the US for World Water Day
World Water Day references and related sitesUnited Nations: Water Day water.org: Water facts in 2022 worldwaterweek.org: World Water Day Theme 2023 www.who.int: Satistics About Safe Water 2022 |
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