Audio By Carbonatix
Today, March 22, has been earmarked to commemorate World Water Day.
The day celebrated annually since 1993 seeks to create awareness on potable drinking water globally.
A core focus of World Water Day is to inspire action towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. The theme for World Water Day 2022 is “Groundwater - making the invisible visible”.
Social media users have taken to Twitter to elevate the campaign on the need for every part of the world have access to good drinking water.
Ghanaian forward, Daniel Kofi Kyere, took to Instagram to join the campaign. In the post, he said "Water is a human right."
According to the UN World Water Development Report 2022, accounting for approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, groundwater has the potential to provide societies with tremendous social, economic and environmental benefits and opportunities.
"Groundwater already provides half of the volume of water withdrawn for domestic use by the global population, including the drinking water for the vast majority of the rural population who do not get their water delivered to them via public or private supply systems, and around 25% of all water withdrawn for irrigation."
However, the report noted that the natural resource is undervalued, mismanaged and even abused.
Latest Stories
-
The hypocrisy must stop; pass Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill now – Alhassan Tampuli to Mahama
2 minutes -
Imprisonment should be rehabilitative, not punitive – Ghana Prisons boss at UNGA
24 minutes -
Ga Adangbe traditional priests petition Mahama over McDan aviation licence revocation
35 minutes -
Anti-LGBTQ Bill: NDC’s arrogance is worrying – Hassan Tampuli
45 minutes -
Let’s give OSP time to mature, not to scrap it – Hassan Tampuli
49 minutes -
Nigeria convicts 386 Islamist militants in mass trials
54 minutes -
Djibouti president wins election with 97.8% of vote, state media saysÂ
59 minutes -
We don’t have mandate to deduct tax from rent allowance of security services personnel – Interior Ministry clarifies
1 hour -
Ablakwa receives Presidential Special Envoy on Reparations to advance global agenda
2 hours -
Christina Koch becomes first woman to travel around the moon on Artemis II
2 hours -
Epstein survivors’ calls to meet King Charles and Queen harder to ignore as US visit approaches
2 hours -
UN Secretary-General names Ghana’s Anita Kiki Gbeho as South Sudan envoy
2 hours -
Mali withdraws recognition of Sahrawi Republic, backs Morocco’s autonomy plan
2 hours -
Gov’t distributes over 8,500 laptops to One Million Coders project
2 hours -
Julius Debrah, ‘man to beat’ as NDC’s James Agbey dismisses Musah Dankwah’s polls
2 hours