World Water Week

Did you know August 16-22 is World Water Week? This annual event is dedicated to the planet’s most urgent water-related issues. The theme this year is: “Accessing Water for the Common Good."

Around the globe, access to water is becoming harder and harder for many people, because of high demand and erratic availability. Still, there are some factors that provide an opportunity to improve things. For example, the global economy, as well as many local economies, are growing several times faster than population growth. And this growth might help people and governments to deal with problems and increase productivity. (Of course now the world's current financial turmoil may have a negative impact on this).