By Shermakaye Bass
Photo: © Holger Gurski | Dreamstime.com
The well was dry beside the door,
And so we went with pail and can
Across the fields behind the house
To seek the brook, if still it ran; . . .
- Robert Frost’s “Going for Water”
Every year, more about the world’s worsening water crisis is revealed: Who has potable water, [...]
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March 21st, 2008
By John DeFore
Since the early ’90s, March 22 of every year has been World Water Day in the eyes of the United Nations.
The approach has evolved over the years, with
an “International Decade for Action” declared for 2005-2015. Each year within that time frame takes a different focus: 2007 highlighted water scarcity in different parts of the world. This year is the “International Year of Sanitation.” A website devoted to that theme
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