World Water Day

2022 - 3 - 22

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Barrick Gold Corporation"

Raising the Bar on Water Management (Barrick Gold Corporation)

Before construction, each mine conducts an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment which determines the existing water quality, with specific focus on the ...

The World Bank estimates that poor water and sanitation supply, costs developing countries as much as $260 billion annually or approximately 1.5% of their GDP. That is why improving access to clean water is one of our community development investment filters and access to groundwater for our communities is key to this initiative. We work hard to effectively manage our water use, and have also identified access to water as one of the filters for our community investments. Access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation is also a fundamental human right of our neighboring communities and stakeholders.

On World Water Day, protecting water calls for its decolonization (rabble.ca)

What Indigenous communities can teach us about recreating our relationship with waters outside of a colonial, capitalist system.

This can mean understanding the sacredness of water – in our bodies and in ecosystems. The roughly 30 Blue Communities in Canada are municipalities that recognize water as a human right, ban bottled water and promote public water services. It is our best hope for protecting water for tomorrow’s generations. Groundwater is the water in cracks, crevices and aquifers underground. Maude Barlow explains that water is a commons to be shared, protected, carefully managed and enjoyed by all who live around it. Their goal is to create an Indigenous-led community-based water monitoring initiative that can be a model of Indigenous water governance. There are inspiring water declarations and initiatives that uplift and prioritize Indigenous laws. Roughly one third of the earth’s water is groundwater. Groundwater is also threatened by other bottled water operations, gravel pit mining like in Tiny Township and other industrial projects. As part of the settlement, the federal government is required to repeal the Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act by the end of March. The federal government states it will develop replacement legislation, in consultation with First Nations this year. While the number of DWAs has decreased, there are still close to 60 DWAs in First Nations, long-term and short-term combined. Beginning March 14, 2022, First Nations and individuals can apply for compensation for harm from unsafe drinking water under the new claims process.

World Water Day 2022 (opseu.org)

The lack of clean drinking water in Indigenous communities amounts to colonialism in the form of environmental racism. Take the Dryden Paper Mill's dumping of ...

OPSEU/SEFPO is doing our part in working with the Indigenous Circle’s Water Campaign Committee in their efforts to address the water crisis. While Indigenous peoples are the caretakers of this land, the stewardship and conservation of water is all of our responsibility. Over the course of the next few weeks, join the Water Campaign Committee through their calls to actions. The lack of clean drinking water in Indigenous communities amounts to colonialism in the form of environmental racism. And there is a full generation of young people in Neskantaga who have never experienced access to safe and clean drinking water. Defending and strengthening this fundamental human right must be at the core of our collective work.

World Water Day: A breakdown of water ETFs (ETF Stream)

With World Water Day taking place on 22 March, ETF Stream has provided a breakdown of the four water ETFs listed in Europe which collectively have $4bn assets under management (AUM). iShares Global Water UCITS ETF (IH20). Europe's largest water ETF ...

Finally, the most recent water ETF to hit the European market is the Global X Clean Water UCITS ETF (AQWA) which launched in December 2021. Launched in July 2019, the L&G Clean Water UCITS ETF (GLUG) offers exposure to the largest basket of stocks out of the four ETFs with 61 holdings. Global X Clean Water UCITS ETF (AQWA) Next on the list is the $1.4bn Lyxor MSCI Water ESG Filtered UCITS ETF (WATU) which switched from tracking Société Générale’s World Water index to the MSCI ACWI IMI Water ESG Filtered Net Total Return index in November 2021. IH20 is the most expensive water ETF on the European market with a total expense ratio (TER) of 0.65%. Europe’s largest water ETF – and oldest – is the iShares Global Water UCITS ETF (IH20) which has gathered $2.3bn assets under management (AUM) since launching in March 2007.

Groundwater-Time To Drink In It's Importance On World Water Day (mycariboonow.com)

This year's theme is Groundwater making the invisible visible. Amber Gregg Program Coordinator for the Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society said in the City ...

Gregg noted that is very easy to conserve water use and that the Cariboo Chilcotin Conservation Society has many different programs to help people do that. If we run out there’s no way of regenerating it. “It increases the pressure on the Aquafer’s ability to regenerate and to refill.

March 22 is World Water Day (pentictonherald.ca)

World Water Day, held every March 22nd since 1993, celebrates freshwater and raises awareness of the 2 billion people worldwide living without safe drinking ...

Peace Region celebrating World Water Day (EverythingGP)

March 22 is World Water Day.The theme this year is "Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible."Adam Norris wi...