“Water,
water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.”
The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sunny
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Coleridge’s poem, written in 1798, is even more relevant
today when over 2 billion people don’t have access to safe water and
sanitation.
March 22 is WorldWater Day, a day designated by the United Nations to focus on the world’s water needs and what we can do to preserve this precious resource.
March 22 is WorldWater Day, a day designated by the United Nations to focus on the world’s water needs and what we can do to preserve this precious resource.
SurfWriter Girls Sunny Magdaug and Patti Kishel learned
that less than 1% of the world’s water supply is suitable for drinking. What’s
more, water usage rates have been growing twice as fast as the population rate.
This year’s World Water Day theme, the International
Year of Cooperation, highlights the importance of countries working
together to ensure that clean water is available around the world.
Tony Soriano, Chairman of the Surfrider HuntingtonBeach/Seal Beach Chapter, told SurfWriter Girls, “One of the most important things our chapter does is educate people about ways to protect the environment.”
Surfrider’s clean water programs include: Know Your H20, Ocean Friendly Gardens, and Blue Water Task Force – which all emphasize that “making small, simple changes in our daily lives can have a huge impact on water quality.”
To get people creatively involved in water conservation, this year Surfrider teamed up with camera maker GoPro, shoe manufacturer Teva, and Finlandia Vodka to sponsor the Second Annual 3 Second Movie contest, asking people to submit a video with a water theme. You can see the winners on YouTube.
A shortage of water not only affects the water available
for drinking, but limits farmers’ abilities to grow enough food to eat or to
earn a living. In South Asia, East Asia and the Middle East many countries are
already close to their water resource limits.
Asia has 60% of the world’s population, but only 36% of the world’s water…a situation that is getting worse as its population grows and becomes more industrialized, moving from a rural environment to a metropolitan one.
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Wherever we
live, we all need to cut back on our water usage and take steps to preserve and
protect the water supply. In the United States the average person uses 100-150
gallons of water each day. In Europe it’s 74 gallons; China 23 gallons; Africa
17 gallons.
Asia has 60% of the world’s population, but only 36% of the world’s water…a situation that is getting worse as its population grows and becomes more industrialized, moving from a rural environment to a metropolitan one.
The powerful documentary film, Last Call at the Oasis,
provides a vivid picture of how serious the world’s water shortage problems
are…and the things we can do about it.
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To solve the
world’s water problems, we need to join forces on a global level.
The non-profit SurfriderFoundation, which is dedicated to protecting our oceans, waves and beaches,
supports World Water Day and is working to build awareness of the need to
safeguard our water resources.
Tony Soriano, Chairman of the Surfrider HuntingtonBeach/Seal Beach Chapter, told SurfWriter Girls, “One of the most important things our chapter does is educate people about ways to protect the environment.”
Surfrider’s clean water programs include: Know Your H20, Ocean Friendly Gardens, and Blue Water Task Force – which all emphasize that “making small, simple changes in our daily lives can have a huge impact on water quality.”
To get people creatively involved in water conservation, this year Surfrider teamed up with camera maker GoPro, shoe manufacturer Teva, and Finlandia Vodka to sponsor the Second Annual 3 Second Movie contest, asking people to submit a video with a water theme. You can see the winners on YouTube.
To safeguard our water supply, we all need to reduce out Water
Footprint – the amount of water that we use each day…for drinking,
cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene, home and garden, automobile maintenance,
and more.
Water is important for every living thing, not just
people.
This baby elephant knows how important water is…even if
it’s just for having fun.
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