World Water Day is celebrated to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
On this special day, several events are organised to circulate messages of water conservation through social media, TV, host educational events based on the importance of clean water and conservative measures, competitions, etc.
World Water Day 2022: Theme
This year’s theme is ‘Groundwater, making the invisible visible’. The theme has been decided keeping in mind how the groundwater is a crucial resource which provides almost half of all drinkable water across the world.
World Water Day 2022: History
In 1992, the idea for celebrating this international days brought up during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution which said that 22 March of each year is being declared World Day for Water, to be observed starting in 1993.
World Water Day 2022: Significance
This day aims at inspiring people around the world to learn more about water-related issues and to take action to make a difference.