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World Water Day

A message from RCAP for World Water Day (March 22)

March 22 every year is World Water Day. It is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. A website started in 2001 serves as a community space and repository where people can upload their WWD event activities and reports.

Video on the effects of unclean water

GOODMagazine released this video for World Water Day (March 22) that shows the ripple effects (pun intended) of unclean drinking water. The consequences of unclean water are most severe in developing countries, where poverty, lack of education, poor living conditions and other conditions are often caused by or exacerbated by unclean sources of water. Although the United States is a developed country, unclean water still has some of the effects that are shown in this video.