Welcome to our series sharing Food Holidays: March 22nd, 2022. Did you know today is World Water Day and to celebrate this Holiday I need to drink more water and take a shower. What will you do to celebrate World Water Day and why?
- Did you know over 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water?
- The recommended daily intake of water is 8 cups per day, but the water can come through the consumption of food as well.
- There’s more fresh water stored under the ground in Aquifers than on the Earth’s surface.
- Drinking too much water too quickly causes water intoxication, caused by reduced sodium putting salt levels in the blood stream. Some confuse this with a “runner’s high”.
- Of all the water on the Earth, humans can use about three tenths of a percent of it for drinking water.
Fun Fact:
World Water Day is a mean of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
The theme in 2015 is Water and Sustainable Development.
Roughly 75% of all industrial water withdrawals are used for energy production.
Water is the building block of life. Here in the United States, it’s easy to take water for granted. Water just comes out of the faucet anytime you want it. Yet, all over the globe there are people who don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. March 22nd is World Water Day, a Holiday dedicated to drawing attention to the water related issues that humans in almost every Country face. Created by the United Nations, the goal of World Water Day is to bring aide to people who truly need it across borders.
HOW TO OBSERVE WORLD WATER DAY
- Grab some friends and form your own water cleanup crew. This may seem like a small and insignificant step, but litter and garbage are very hazardous to wildlife. The small rivers and streams near you likely feed into a larger body of water. If you don’t pick up that discarded six pack rings, it could find its way into the ocean and become very bad news for a fish or seagull.
- It may not seem like you use a lot of water in your daily life, but you’d be surprised how much water it takes to perform household tasks. The average American shower uses about 17 gallons of water, while a single toilet flush uses a staggering 7 gallons. If you’re interested in decreasing your daily water usage, there are many products including low flow toilets and shower heads that can help you do just that.
- If you want to see an immediate impact, you could organize a charity event. All over the world, communities hold events for World Water Day, and you could focus on simply raising awareness about any number of the water related issues we face. Or you could collect donations for areas with extreme need.
WHY WORLD WATER DAY IS IMPORTANT
- An estimated 780 million people live without clean, accessible drinking water. Drinking contaminated water can lead to a host of life-threatening diseases. This may seem like a third world problem, but Flint, Michigan showed us that water problems even plague the United States.
- It’s not only humans that require access to clean water. Countless animals die as a result of water pollution and pollution can occur in many ways, from physical litter to wastewater and chemicals runoff. Which causes the water to become toxic to the animals that depend on it for drinking and habitation.
- World Water Day has a yearly theme, such as “Nature for Water,” which is dedicated to finding natural solutions to our water crises. Many of the environmental problems we are coping with are intertwined including climate change and ecosystem degradation and sometimes direct causes, of water pollution, floods, and droughts.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
