World Water Day
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
Had a great World Water Day event? Submit a short report with highlights and commitments for action after World Water Day, 22 March, on this site.
IRC published a special Source newsletter featuring many World Water Day events for awareness and fund raising, which are held around the world and on the internet around 22 March
Many World Water Day events for awareness and fund raising are held around the world around 22 March. You can find them now also on Google maps.
As part of World Water Day there will be thousands of Toilet Queues organised all over the world from 20-22 March 2010. It is a Guinness World Record attempt to help solve the global sanitation crisis.
UN-Water has chosen ''Clean Water for a Healthy World" as theme for World Water Day 2010. The overall goal of the World Water Day on 22 March 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity.
It is still a reality that an estimated 1.1 billion people rely on unsafe drinking-water sources. Therefore the theme of World Water Day 2010 is focusing on raising awareness of water quality under the theme "Clean Water for a Healthy World". IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre offers a wide selection of documents looking at the different aspects of water quality such as water treatment, health and technology. This information is for instance, available via the IRC digital library, the Source Newsletter and on the IRC web site.
This is an overview of events around World Water Day. If you are organizing an event that is not listed here, please submit it.