Posts Tagged ‘awareness’

• About Clean Water Productions

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, Events and Conventions, Youth Water Education | Response: 0

  Clean Water Productions is about providing challenging, full and exciting multi sport races throughout Northern California , which raising awareness about the precious water supply and how it can influenced through conservation and education. LINK: About Clean Water Productions

• This Year – California water awareness campaign

  Date: 2009.11.21 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation | Response: 0

  The California Water Awareness campaign is a year long effort by organizations throughout California to heighten public awareness about the conservation, supply, quality and distribution of water. LINK: California water awareness campaign

• About World Water Forum

  Date: 2009.11.16 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  The first World Water Forum was held in Marrakech, Morocco, in 1997. The Forum is organized every three years by the World Water Concil, in close collaboration with authorities of the hosting country. It is the largest international event in the field of water, primarily serving four main purposes:

  • To raise the importance of water on the political agenda
  • To support the deepening of discussions towards the solution of international water issues in the 21st century
  • To formulate concrete proposals and bring their importance to the world’s attention
  • To generate political commitment

  Successive World Water Forums have served as stepping-stones towards global collaboration on water problems and have offered the water community and global decision-makers the unique opportunity to make recommendations for ensuring the security of water resources in the different parts of the world. 

  A final report on outcomes of the 5th World Water Forum hosted in Instanbul this year may be reviewed at LINK: FINAL REPORT 5TH WORLD WATER FORUM 

  More information on the Forum LINK: World Water Forum

• World Toilet Day Observance November 19

  Date: 2009.11.16 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  Since 2001 the Water Affairs Department of RSA has observed World Toilet Day (WTD) on the 19th of  November. One of the main purposes foro observing this day is to raise awareness and responsibility as well as increase the quality of sanitation service delivery projects and eradication of sanitation service backlogs to the poor. To read more about this event on water affairs, go to LINK: WORLD TOILET DAY OBSERVANCE