WORLD WATER DAY: MARCH 22 2001
http://www.worldwaterday.org/
Concrete efforts are necessary to provide clean drinking water and improve health as well as to increase awareness world-wide of the problems and of the solutions. 22 March is a unique occasion to remind everybody that solutions are possible. Use the resources on this WHO site to help turn words into political commitment and action.

WATER, HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
http://www.worldwaterday.org/thematic/hmnrights.html
Around one sixth of the 6.1 billion people in the world lack access to improved sources of water, while 40% are without access to improved sanitation services (WHO 2000). This theme article explores the human right to water.

'IN 25 YEARS, HALF THE WORLD WILL BE SHORT OF WATER'
http://allafrica.com/stories/200103220003.html
The World Resources Institute in Washington DC has warned that the world's freshwater systems are in peril. It predicts that "by 2025, at least 3.5 billion people or nearly 50 percent of the world's population will face water scarcity."

IRC: INTERNATIONAL WATER AND SANITATION CENTRE
http://www.irc.nl/
News and information, advice, research and training, on low-cost water supply and sanitation in developing countries