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. The main emphasis of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development by 2030.
In the recent era, water is under extreme threat from a growing population. Which include Increasing demands of agriculture and industry. Additionally, it worsening the impacts of climate change.
It is all about what water means to people, its true value. Moreover how we can better protect this vital resource. The value of water is much more than its price. Water has enormous and complex value for our households, culture, health, education, economics, and the integrity of our natural environment. If we overlook any of these values, we risk mismanaging this finite, irreplaceable resource.
The idea for this international day goes back to 1992. The year in which the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro took place. That same year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water, to be observed starting in 1993.
The International Year of Cooperation in the Water Sphere 2013, and the current International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028. These observances serve to reaffirm that water and sanitation measures are key to poverty reduction, economic growth, and environmental sustainability.
I am a freelance writer studied Biochemistry at the University of Agriculture Peshawar in the faculty of Nutrition sciences.