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Valuing Water

Water means different things to different people.

This conversation is about what water means to you.

How is water important to your home and family life, your livelihood, your cultural practices, your wellbeing, your local environment?

By recording - and celebrating - all the different ways water benefits our lives, we can value water properly and safeguard it effectively for everyone.

Tell us your stories, thoughts and feelings about water.

 

What does water mean to you

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  • We want to hear from you!
  • Tell us what water means to you.
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  • Tag your post with #WorldWaterDay.
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WHAT DID PEOPLE SAY?

World Water Day, 22 March 2021, is about what water means to people, its true value and how we can better protect this vital resource.


Over the past few months, we have asked people around the world what means to them. Your replies have helped shape the World Water Day campaign.

 

Download a summary showing key findings from your conversations about what water means to you.

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Download communication assets

In different languages and as open files.

What is being done?

Secretary-General's message on World Water Day
This year’s World Water Day, with the theme “Valuing water”, asks: What does water mean to me? The value of water is profound and complex. There is no aspect of sustainable development that does not fundamentally rely upon it. For ...
United Nations World Water Development Report 2021
Water means different things to different people in different settings. By sharing all the different ways water benefits our lives, we can value water properly and safeguard it effectively for everyone. Valuing water appropriately is key to achieving the United ...
World Water Day pivot event
On 22 March, 2021, World Water Day will be celebrated in an online event. The World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the global water crisis, and a core focus of the observance is to support the achievement ...