World Water Day
[edit] Background
World Water Day is an annual United Nations Observance, it started in 1993 and is on the 22nd of March every year. It celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people currently living without access to safe water. A core focus of World Water Day is to inspire action towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In December 1992, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/47/193 by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water.
In 1993, the first World Water Day was observed. An archive of previous World Water Day campaigns is available.
[edit] Water themes by Year
World water day 2022 Groundwater- making the invisible visible https://www.worldwaterday.org
World water day 2021 Valuing Water https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2021/
World water day 2021 Water and climate change https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2020/
World water day 2019 Water for all https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2020/world-water-day-2019-water-for-all/2019/
World water day 2018 Nature for water https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2018/
see also https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/World_Water_Day_2018
World water day 2017 Wastewater https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2017/
World water day 2016 Better water better jobs https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2016/
World water day 2015 Water is health https://archive.worldwaterday.org/2015/home/en/index.html
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- Groundwater.
- Greywater.
- Blackwater.
- Bound water.
- Chilled water.
- Clarified water.
- Firefighting water.
- Flood and Water Management Act.
- Foul water.
- Groundwater control in urban areas.
- Hydroinformatics.
- Mains water.
- Moisture.
- Passive water efficiency measures.
- Public water supply.
- Rainwater harvesting.
- Rainwater.
- Rainwater goods.
- Sustainable urban drainage systems.
- Sustainable water.
- The State of the Environment: Water Resources.
- Trading systems for water resources.
- Types of water.
- Urban water systems management: A data analytics approach EP 105.
- Water Act 2014.
- Water closet
- Water consumption
- Water conservation
- Water efficiency – The next big sustainability issue?
- Water engineering
- Water framework directive.
- Water Industry Act 1991.
- Water industry pressures.
- Water investment.
- Water safety plan WSP.
- Water source heat map
- Water source heat pumps
- Water table.
- Water technology list
- Water transfers and interconnections.
- Water vapour.
- Why innovation is needed in the water sector.
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