There are decades and annual international days ascribed to water and sanitation issues, all of which help to mobilise some change in the still very slow evolution in water management practices. Below is a small selection:
- International Decade for Action: Water for Life 2005-2015: https://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/
- World Water Week held annually in Stockholm Sweden: www.worldwaterweek.org
- International Year of Sanitation 2008 (IYS): https://esa.un.org/iys/
- World Water Day, 22 March: https://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html
- Global Handwashing Day – October 15: https://www.globalhandwashingday.org/
- World Toilet Day – 19th November: https://www.worldtoilet.org/
- See https://worldwatercouncil.org for listing of water events since 1977
Some suggested websites:
- A young persons summary of the UNDP 2006 Human Development Report:https://hdr.undp.org/water/docs/water_rights_and_wrongs_english.pdf
- World Water Council: https://worldwatercouncil.org
- Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council: https://www.wsscc.org/
- Water Aid: www.wateraid.org
- The water and sanitation equivalent to Wikipeadia: https://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
- DFID: Top 10 water facts – https://www.dfid.gov.uk/news/files/devawareness/ten-things.asp
- Waterworks poster: https://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/waterworks.pdf
- The FAO has a great website with some clever educational materials for educators – downloadable interactive maps, e-cards, posters, reports, statistics, facts, issues, videos, photographs, animations, etc. https://www.fao.org/nr/water/promotional.html
- Water, Environment and Sanitation Quiz: https://www.unicef.org/voy/explore/wes/1883_2193.html
- Irish Aid projects on Water and Sanitation: https://www.irishaid.gov.ie/development_water.asp