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	WMO - WORLD DAY FOR WATER
		Water moves in a continuous cycle — the hydrological cycle - from the oceans and land surface, through the atmosphere and then, as precipitation, it feeds surface runoff in rivers and the constant movement of groundwater back to the oceans.
		Water is critical to all life forms on the earth and is therefore crucial for economic and social development.
		The most obvious reference for this year’s theme for World Day for Water is to the fact that communities living along major rivers use the water, or are flooded by the excess of water, that flows from upstream areas of the river basins.
	www.wmo.ch /web/Press/WDW99.html (1281 words)

	World Water Day
		Water is not only one of the most essential elements of living, but also a spiritual symbol in prayers, customs and rituals for people from all over the world with different cultural, religious and spiritual backgrounds.
		The message passed on by the UN on this day was that water is not only essential for life, it is also a wide-ranging cultural presence — an inspiration for artists, a focus of scientific research, and an indispensable element in the religious rituals of many traditions and faiths.
		Water in its purest form is very rare in today’s polluted world, and we need to recognize the cultural, environmental and economic importance of clean water, and strengthen our efforts to protect rivers, lakes and aquifers.
	www.finewaterimports.com /water.imports/articles/50/index.html (435 words)

	BBC News \| World \| World water crisis
		An estimated 40% of the city's water is lost through leaky pipes built at the turn of the century.
		Chronic water shortages are already affecting 4.5m people in Catalonia, where authorities are pressing for the construction of a pipeline to divert water from the Rhone in France to Barcelona.
		Competition for water from the River Jordan was a major cause of the 1967 war.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water_crisis/default.stm (1119 words)

	22 March - World Water Day 2006: Water and Culture
		The theme 'Water and Culture' of WWD 2006 draws attention to the fact that there are as many ways of viewing, using, and celebrating water as there are cultural traditions across the world.
		Sacred, water is at the heart of many religions and is used in different rites and ceremonies.
		World Water Forums (The Hague in 2000 and Kyoto in 2003) and brings some of the most incisive indigenous critics of international debates on water access, use and management, as well as community knowledge and insights in order to tackle the global water crisis.
	www.unesco.org /water/wwd2006/index.shtml (520 words)

	World Water Day: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to the United Nations, this world water crisis leads to the death of more than 4,500 children every day and is a leading cause of poverty, disease, and social instability world wide.
		This year, with the help of Starbucks, Ethos Water, and leading non-profit organizations, we are initiating a multi-year effort to significantly raise the profile World Water Day and to highlight the extraordinary ability of every individual to make a difference.
		This world water crisis isn’t confined to one particular region of the planet, though the crisis is most severe in developing nations and particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
	www.worldwaterday2005.org (274 words)

	World Day for Water, 22 March 1997
		By the turn of the decade, world water demand is likely to claim almost half the total global run-off water that is available per year.
		Perhaps a 'water shock', similar to the 'oil shock' of the 1970s, is what is needed to alert the world to the global problem of freshwater supplies and to stimulate a more sensible water conservation strategy.
		Water for the future was a vital issue on the agenda of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul.
	www.wmo.ch /web/Press/habitat.html (947 words)

	Waterway 9 World Day for Water,
		A press conference, interviews on TV and radio stations on the eve of the World Day for Water, in Zagreb and in other towns in Croatia, at national and local level with the participation of the representatives of the State Water Directorate, the National Committee for the IHP, and Hrvatske vode (Croatian waters).
		The World Day for Water was celebrated at the Academy of Sciences in the presence of the President of the Republic, several Cabinet Ministers and the President of the Academy of Sciences.
		The World Day for Water celebration was used to present the centenary edition of the Hydrographic Yearbook of Hungary.
	webworld.unesco.org /water/ihp/publications/waterway/wat9/Wat9_Add.html (2305 words)

	World Water Day 2006: Water and Culture \| EarthTrends
		An initiative of the World Water Council, the forum presents an opportunity for multiple international stakeholders to engage one another in discussions of water issues and viable solutions to these issues, primarily through improved water policy.
		Assuming that current water consumption patterns continue unabated, projections show that at least 3.5 billion people—or 48 percent of the world's projected population—will live in water-stressed river basins in 2025 (Revenga, 2000).
		However, water availability and use are also integral to industry and agriculture, making sound water management crucial to issues of health, political stability, economics, and the environment in both rich and poor countries.
	earthtrends.wri.org /updates/node/28 (404 words)

	World Water Day, 22 March
		By resolution 47/193 of 22 December 1992, the General Assembly declared 22 March of each year World Day for Water starting in 1993.
		In resolution 58/217 of 23 December 2003, the General Assembly proclaimed the period from 2005 to 2015 the International Decade for Action, "Water for Life".
		UN Water, which replaced the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources, is the focal point for coordinating United Nations system activities in the area of water resources.
	www.un.org /depts/dhl/water (280 words)

	World Water Day - World Water Day
		The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
		We are pleased to share the first announcement on the theme of the World Day for Water, 22 March 2007: “Coping with water scarcity”.
		World Water Day (WWD) 2006, 22 March, was guided by the theme 'Water and Culture' under the leadership of UNESCO.
	www.worldwaterday.org (251 words)

	Forumblog.org - The World Economic Forum Weblog: World Water Day
		It's World Water Day today, 22 March, and the United Nations has marked the occassion by launching a new campaign to meet the globe's growing thirst for the dwindling resource.
		The "Water For Life Decade" aims to push governments and organizations to fulfill Millennium Development Goal targets of halving the number of people lacking access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015.
		Water should be the primary focus of our government today rather than all of the trivial matters they conjure up to distract our attention.
	www.forumblog.org /blog/2005/03/world_water_day.html (310 words)

	World Day for Water \| 2002
		By 2025, two thirds of the world's population is likely to live in countries with moderate or severe water shortages.
		The organizations of the United Nations system, for their part, in addition to a vast array of operational projects are also preparing the first edition of the World Water Development Report.
		To know more about water cooperation: One of UNESCO's contributions to WWAP is a programme focused on the issue of sharing water resources, called From Potential Conflict to Co-operation Potential.
	www.unesco.org /water/water_celebrations/water_day_2002.shtml (384 words)

	CSIRO - "Water for Life" - World Day for Water - 22nd March 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		World Water Day (WWD) 2005 marks the start of the upcoming water decade's theme "Water for Life" and the start of the International Decade for Action.
		Water for a Healthy Country Flagship is a major investment for the nation's future, providing research to address the challenges and opportunities posed by Australia's increasing competition for water and the related impacts on water quality in urban and rural environments.
		Water and fish in the tropics: CSIRO is providing research to assist floodplain management; re-establishing fisheries populations in the rivers and estuaries that flow into the Great Barrier Reef.
	www.csiro.au /files/mediaRelease/mr2005/WorldWaterDay.htm (421 words)

	The Water Connoisseur: 22 March - World Day for Water 2006: Water and Culture
		Water is a key resource for energy generation, which in turn is vital for economic development.
		Water usage increased six-fold during the 20th century, twice the rate of population growth.
		The UN World Water Development Report is the joint effort of 24 UN agencies and entities involved in water resources management*.
	www.finewaters.com /Newsletter/April_2006/22_March_-_World_Day_for_Water_2006_Water_Culture.asp (1552 words)

	PSI \| World Water Day
		Critics of water privatisation complain that it tends to focus on urban consumers whereas the vast majority of those who most need water live in rural areas.
		Worse, privatised water operations are diverting water in rural areas to urban centres, said Kuala Lumpur-based economist Charles Santiago, coordinator of Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation.
		Between 1989 and 1996, the number of households with access to water services rose from 80 percent to 98 percent, while the percentage of population served by the municipal sewage system rose from 46 percent to 85 percent.
	www.world-psi.org /TemplateRedirect.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5559 (1737 words)

	World Water Monitoring Day - Home Page
		Adopted by WEF in July 2006, World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) is an international outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world.
		Volunteers from all over the world are monitoring and reporting their local watershed conditions up until December 18, 2006.
		Richmond, VA – On Friday, October 20, the Virginia Water Monitoring Council and the Virginia Water Monitoring Day Planning Committee coordinated an annual Water Monitoring Day at the waterfront of Robious Landing Park in Chesterfield County.
	www.worldwatermonitoringday.org (450 words)

	World Day for Water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World Day for Water, or unofficially World Water Day, occurs each year on March 22, as designated by United Nations General Assembly resolution.
		This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
		With the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) coordinating, World Day for Water 2005 also marked the start of the second 'UN International Decade for Action for Water', also referred to as the Water for Life Decade 2005-2015.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Water_Day (336 words)

	WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: World Environment Day -- Water Challenges
		Day One of World Environment Day started with a big announcement: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Executive Order S3-05 establishing greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the state, and giving the California EPA oversight over their achievement.
		While traditional water planners don't list conservation and water recycling under supply (a fact that led to an amusing moment with Dana Haasz from SF Water arguing that her own department-provided slide was wrong), soft pathers do -- anything that helps users meet their water needs counts as supply.
		One of the reactions to climate change from water planners and engineers is the increased use of "portfolio theory" and financial management software as tools for handling the increased uncertainties of water supplies and use.
	www.worldchanging.com /archives/002826.html (1306 words)

	SOPAC : World Water Day 2006
		Refers to the Water for Life Decade of Action 2005- 2014 and the reflection and fore-thinking that each Pacific person is responsible to ensure that water is available for a clean, fresh, happy and healthy life for our current and future generations.
		In recognition of the freshwater goals agreed to in the conference the United Nations declared 22 March each year to be observed as World Day for Water.
		The theme for World Water Day 2006 is ‘Water and Culture’.
	www.sopac.org /tiki/tiki-index.php?page=World+Water+Day+2006 (476 words)

	USAID Africa: World Water Day, 2006
		The lack of clean water, combined with the lack of basic sanitation and basic hygiene education, is one of the largest obstacles to progress and development in the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
		March 22 was designated by the United Nations as World Water Day to draw international attention to the critical lack of clean, safe drinking water worldwide.
		In addition, the 4th World Water Forum, the main international event on water, was held March 16-22, 2006, in Mexico City, Mexico, with a focus on the theme of Local Actions for a Global Challenge.
	www.usaid.gov /locations/sub-saharan_africa/features/worldwaterday06.html (837 words)

	World Water Day 2001: Sanitation: Controlling Problems at Source
		Diseases due to poor water supply, sanitation, and personal and domestic hygiene cause 4.0% of all deaths and 5.7% of all disability or ill health in the world.
		In many areas of the world, particularly in water scarce regions, treated wastewater has been used for numerous activities in urban settings including: irrigation of golf courses and public parks, creation of recreational lakes, street cleaning, environmental restoration, car/train washing, fire protection, and for toilet flushing.
		For example, after conventional secondary treatment, chemicals may be added to the water to help remove particles, the water may be filtered through several different types of filters, it may be processed through a membrane, and may be disinfected at several different stages of the process.
	www.who.int /water_sanitation_health/en/sanitation.html (6254 words)

	World Day for Water 22 March 2000: Water for the 21st Century
		Water wisdom means applying all useful experience and knowledge in pursuit of sustainable water resources management and use and raising awareness of its importance.
		Five priority areas, common to much of the world, emerged from the regional meetings These are: protecting and restoring water resources, achieving water-food security, extending sanitation coverage, meeting the challenge of urbanisation and improving flood management.
		On 22 March UNESCO is organizing the global World Water Day ceremony at the end of the Second World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference in The Hague.
	www.waternunc.com /gb/Worlday.htm (821 words)

	Blog from Bolivia: World Water Day
		Activists from all over the world met in a parallel forum to oppose the vision of water as a commodity-- as something to be bought and sold-- and to offer the alternative vision that everyone has a basic right to water.
		Today is World Water Day and while it is being celebrated all around the world, in Cochabamba, Bolivia it is passing largely unnoticed.
		If the costs of producing water can't be lowered from what they currently are, ways to use less water or to increase the incomes of the water users (non-farmers included) must be found so that they can afford to pay for the water they now use.
	www.democracyctr.org /blog/2006/03/world-water-day.html (1629 words)

	Rotary International: Newsroom: Programs: Walk for safe drinking water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		World Water Day, designated as Wednesday, 22 March this year, is an ideal time to raise awareness of a serious problem faced by more than 1 billion people (or 20 percent of the world's population): the lack of access to safe water for drinking.
		Rotary clubs around the world are working on the water problem one community at a time, from the Dominican Republic to Sudan and beyond.
		In collaboration with Starbucks, Ethos Water, and other leading nonprofits, Rotary clubs in 11 major U.S. cities are helping to raise awareness and encourage people to participate in Walks for Water on 22 March.
	www.rotary.org /newsroom/programs/060312_waterday.html (311 words)

	NETWAS - World Water Day 2002
		This year’s World Day for Water was celebrated in Kenya with a difference and in style.
		This was deliberately meant to coincide with the celebration of the World Day for Water, 22 March 2002.
		The 2002 World Day for Water theme is “Water for Development” and the government’s slogan is “Proper Management of Water Resources is Imperative for National Development”.
	www.netwas.org /newsletter/articles/2002/05/3 (471 words)

	Information on World Water Day 2005 :: Water for Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		World Water Day 2005 on 22 March focuses on the theme: Water for Life.
		According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2002 some 1.1 billion people lacked access to improved water sources, 2.6 to basic sanitation, and approximately 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal disease, 90 percent of them children under the age of five.
		All over the world, people are working to resolve this crisis, and prevent the death and suffering of millions of children and their families.
	www.sdnpbd.org /sdi/international_days/water_day/2005/index.htm (472 words)

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