Water is an essential ingredient in all of our lives. In fact, all most species need water in order to survive. Water is all around us. In fact three fourths of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. In addition, humans start off in a sack that is mage out of water in their mother’s womb. Also, it is recommended by doctors that we drink at least eight glasses of water per day in order to remain healthy. Water washes impurities out of our system. However, despite the importance of water in many species lives it seems as if humans take having water for granted. This is probably due to fact that some humans think that there is an unlimited supply of water to go around. Plus, some people don’t know or care about how polluting the water in lakes, rivers, oceans, and streams affect us and other animals. However, there isn’t an unlimited supply of water for us and other animals to live on. And, polluting our water supply by throwing paper cups and other waste and trash does affect both the quality and amount of water available to us and other species. Therefore, in order to shed some light on pressing water issues there is World Water Day.

Most people know that St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17th in the United States and in Ireland. However, most people don’t know that there is another important day that is celebrated in March as well as St. Patrick’s Day. The other important day in March is World Day. Specifically, World Water Day is celebrated on March 22nd. The World Day for Water, or unofficially World Water Day occurs every year on March 22nd, as designated by a United Nations General Assembly resolution. World Water Day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. This conference is also known by the letters UNCED. This conference took place in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Observance of World Water Day was supposed to begin in 1993 and has grown significantly ever since 1993.

The United Nations invited its member nations to devote this day to implementing United Nations recommendations and promoting concrete activities within their countries. Each year, one of the various United Nations agencies that are involved in water issues takes the lead in promoting and coordinating international activities for the World Day for Water or World Water Day. With the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs coordinating World Day for Water or World Water Day 2005 also marked the start of the second United Nations International Decade for Action for Water which is also called the Water for Life Decade which runs from 2005 to 2015. In addition to the United Nations member states, a number of NGOs promoting clean water and sustainable aquatic habitats have used World Water Day as a time for focusing public attention on the critical water issues of our time. Every three years, starting in 1997, for instance, the World Water Council has gotten thousands of people to participate in its World Water Forum which is during the same week as World Day for Water or World Water Day. Participating agencies and NGOs have highlighted such water issues as a billion people being without access to safe water for drinking and the role of gender in family access to safe water. I hope that they also discuss safe water for no human animals as well.