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On World Water Day, fresh water is out of reach for many worldwide

Posted by: Maven on March 22, 2008 at 11:56 am

From NPR’s Talk of the Nation, also via Water Wired, global water issues highlighted in honor of World Water Day:

Talk of the Nation, March 21, 2008 · Saturday, March 22 is annual World Water Day, a tradition started by the United Nations in the early 1990s. This year’s World Water Day will focus on sanitation issues, as part of a larger project headed by the UN.

“Every 20 seconds,” says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, “A child dies as a result of the abysmal sanitation conditions endured by some 2.6 billion people globally. That adds up to an unconscionable 1.5 million young lives cut short by a cause we know well how to prevent.”

How will policies and attitudes need to shift to help provide needed clean water to growing populations worldwide?

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March 22, 2008 · Filed Under International Water Issues

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