Rhythm and Blues...

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Far away from the void of space, the Earth looks a ball of blue- an untouched brushstroke placed masterfully in the midst of nothing and everything. But the glory of the sight is slowly and steadily becoming solely external, and active steps have to be taken to ensure that the hues don’t fade away to merge into the darkness that surround it.

Today, the world is looking at a huge crisis- that of ever-soaring demand of water and the inability to keep the quality up with it. Moreover, the bare minimum of safe and hygienic drinking water is decreasing alarmingly. This demand for freshwater is rising as a result of not just increasing population, but with the combination of urbanization, industrial development, agriculture and rising life standards; but the unsustainable ground water mining and pollution are not helping the cause.

World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) is a global education and outreach event designed to promote personal stewardship and individual involvement in the protection of our world water resources. WWMD is designed to expand and enhance the on-going efforts by creating a focal event to annually draw direct attention to water quality and to educate global citizens about the same.

World Water Monitoring Day was first initiated as a U.S. national event by America’s Clean Water Foundation (ACWF) in 2002, as part of the celebrations of the 30th Anniversary of the Federal Clean Water Act. The success of this National Water Monitoring Day (NWMD) led ACWF to expand the educational outreach effort throughout the world. Ever since, the recurring day has been endorsed by groups whose interests fall in line with causes of preservation worldwide as one of the landmarks that can potentially elevate sensitivity and sense of urgency towards this very immediate real-world crisis.

The target group comprises of all sections of the community. To get involved, participants first register at the WWMD website (www.worldwatermonitoringday.org).

They then conduct the tests either using test kits obtained from their school or specially prepared kits available for purchase through the WWMD website. The water quality indicators like temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and turbidity are used to assess water health. After monitoring the sites, the results are then fed into the WWMD website, which subsequently makes available the compiled report available online for the general public.

Outdoor educational settings have the potential to teach young people to consider environmental impacts when developing activities either in their life or within their community. In this context, the increasing participation in WWMD provides an opportunity to unify citizens, schools, governments and business as stewards of the water resources that impact everyone in an exciting and fun way.

Overall, educating and empowering people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development would be an important step towards a better global future.

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