GROUNDWATER
Groundwater, making the invisible visible.
This 2022, the focus is groundwater, an invisible resource with an impact visible everywhere.
WATER FOR ALL
Sustainable Development Goal 6 is crystal clear: water for all by 2030. By definition, this means leaving no one behind. But today, billions of people are still living without safe water – their households, schools, workplaces, farms and factories struggling to survive and thrive.
Valuing water
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.
THE ANSWER IS IN NATURE
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. The theme for World Water Day 2018 is ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face in the 21st century.
Climate Change
World Water Day 2020 is about water and climate change – and how the two are inextricably linked.
Adapting to the water effects of climate change will protect health and save lives.
Using water more efficiently will reduce greenhouse gases.
We cannot afford to wait. Everyone has a role to play.
WASTEWATER
World Water Day 2017 is about taking action to tackle the water crisis. Today, 1.8 billion people use a source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio.
2016: World Water Day – Water and Jobs
2015: World Water Day – Water and Sustainable development
2014: World Water Day – Water and Energy
2013: World Water Day – Water Cooperation
2012: World Water Day – Water and Food Security
2011: World Water Day – Water for Cities
2010: World Water Day – Water Quality
2009: World Water Day – Transboundary Waters
2008: World Water Day – International Year of Sanitation
2007: World Water Day – Water Scarcity
2006: World Water Day – Water and Culture
2004: World Water Day – Water and Disasters
2003: World Water Day – Water for the Future
2002: World Water Day – Water for Development
2001: World Water Day – Water for Health, Taking Charge
2000: World Water Day – Water for the 21st Century
1999: World Water Day – Everyone lives downstream
1998: World Water Day – Groundwater, the invisible resource
1997: World Water Day – The World’s Water, Is There Enough?
1996: World Water Day – Water for Thirsty Cities
1995: World Water Day – Women and Water
1994: World Water Day – Caring for Water Resources is Everybody’s Business