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Date Posted: 22:44:23 07/13/12 Fri
Author: Saturday 18/9/2010 Vendor check Monique
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World Water Monitoring Westside Story GPO

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World Water Monitoring Day is a global educational outreach program that aims to build public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by empowering citizens to carry out basic monitoring of their local water bodies.[1]

A simple test kit enables everyone, children and adults, to sample local water bodies for a set of water quality parameters including temperature, acidity (pH), clarity (turbidity) and dissolved oxygen (DO). Results are then shared with participating communities around the globe through the WWMD website.

World Water Monitoring Day is celebrated on September 18. It was initially chosen to be a month later (October 18) to recognize the anniversary of the US Clean Water Act, which was enacted by the US Congress in 1972 to restore and protect the country’s water resources. In 2007, the date was changed to facilitate participation in parts of the world where temperatures reach freezing at that time.

The coordinators of WWMD, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA) plan to expand participation to one million people in 100 countries by 2012.

2008 saw students from Indonesia[2] to Arkansas[3] taking part in water sampling to bring attention to the importance of water quality.

[edit] See alsoInternational trade and water
[edit] References^ http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org
^ Students take part in water monitoring, The Jakarta Post, November, 2008
^ Environmental concerns make water protection necessary, The Cabin.net, November, 2008

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