World Water Day

Today is World Water Day! World Water Day is an international day to celebrate freshwater and a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater. The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution. This year theme, Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities, and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management. The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.