In 1992 the UN General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water . The celebration comes at a time when the global awareness of the vital role water plays in sustainable national development is increasing.
Water is vital for sustaining life on earth.
It is crucial for economic and social development, including energy production, agriculture and domestic and industrial water supplies. Therefore each unit of water should be used efficiently, equitably and soundly. The economic value that water generates should be given due attention, when apportioning scarce water resources between competing uses, without infringing on the rights to basic services for all people. The most accessible freshwater resources are in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and streams. Growing tensions over water resources are becoming a potentially explosive source of conflict at the community level up to inter-state politics.