Every year, World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 to help raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. It is a United Nations observance, coordinated by UN-Water.
This year’s World Water Day campaign is called, “Water for Peace.”
Water can create peace or spark conflict. When water is scarce or polluted, or when people have unequal or no access, tensions can rise between communities and countries.
More than 3 billion people worldwide depend on water that crosses national borders. Yet, out of 153 countries that share rivers, lakes, and aquifers with their neighbors, only 24 countries report having cooperation agreements for all their shared water.
In addition, water quality data are not collected routinely in a majority of countries. This means that more than 3 billion people are at risk because the health of their freshwater ecosystems is unknown…
Source: Give Water & Peace A Chance
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