World Water Day 2022, March 22nd.

FORUM:  Groundwater: making the invisible visible'' World Water Day 2022.

A World Water Day on groundwater would put a spotlight on this invisible resource, enhance knowledge exchange and collaboration and thereby increase the awareness of the importance of taking care of our groundwater.

The Observance of the 2022 as International year of groundwater, Starting with World Water Day 202 on 22 March and ending with the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater in December.

Groundwater is a vital resource that provides almost half of all drinking water worldwide, about 40% of water for irrigated agriculture and about 1/3 of water required for industry. It sustains ecosystems, maintains the baseflow of rivers and prevents land subsidence and seawater intrusion. Groundwater is an important part of climate change adaptation process and is often a solution for people without access to safe water. Despite these impressive facts and figures, invisible groundwater is out of sight and out of mind for most people. Human activities (including population- and economic growth) and climate variability are rapidly increasing the pressure on groundwater resources: serious depletion and pollution problems are reported for many parts of the world. 

SUMMIT

The UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 aims to bring attention to groundwater at the highest international level.

Held in December 2022, the Summit will use the UN World Water Development Report 2022 as a baseline and the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework to define actions towards more responsible and sustainable use and protection of this vital natural resource. The Summit will unify the statements from all major water-related events in 2021 and 2022 into one comprehensive groundwater message for the UN 2023 Water Conference.



The hybrid event, based in Paris, will be from 7 December 2022 to 8 December 2022. More details will be available soon.

World Water Day 2021; March 22

 Statement by the United Nations General Assembly president on World Water Day 2021, March 22nd,

A year ago, as the world began to shut its doors to the global pandemic, one of the messages we heard most was that we must wash our hands.

We were told that this could help stop the spread of COVID-19.
But what of the 3 billion people who still lack access to basic handwashing facilities? What of the healthcare facilities without running water? Sadly, for many around the world, they have had to face the pandemic without access to even these basic, human needs.
We cannot change what has happened, but we can learn from it.
I am proud to say that today, on World Water Day, the UN General Assembly will wrap up a high-level meeting, on water and the Sustainable Development Goals.
We will hear about those who continue to lack access to water; who do not have proper sanitation; who spend countless hours trekking to water sources.
And we will hear of the encouraging and innovative initiatives underway by the UN System and by civil society groups to help address these problems.
This gives me hope.
My friends, we have so much more to do; this problem will not be solved by a meeting – but it also will not be solved by silence.

By talking, by raising the issue and learning from each other, we can continue to work together to truly achieve clean water and sanitation for all.

Volkan Bozkir, U.N.General Assembly President.

FORUM: "Valuing water"is the theme of World Water Day 2021.

UN-Water sets the annual theme. In 2021, the theme is valuing water. In 2022, it will be groundwater. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

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Water is a unique and non-substitutable resource. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and benefits. But unlike most other valuable resources, it has proven extremely difficult to determine its true ‘value’. The 2021 World Water Development Report on “Valuing Water” assesses the current status of and challenges to the valuation of water across differing sectors and perspectives and identifies ways in which valuation can be promoted as a tool help achieve sustainability. The World Water Development Report 2021 will be launched on the occasion of World Water Day, on 22 March 2021.

Día Mundial del Agua (22 de marzo)

Día Mundial del Agua (22 de marzo) 

 

La Asamblea General declaró el 22 de marzo Día Mundial del Agua (resolución 47/193, de 22 de diciembre de 1992). La celebración de este Día tiene por objeto dar a conocer el grado en que el aprovechamiento de los recursos hídricos contribuye a la productividad económica y al bienestar social.