Another event taking place in the week of News Day is World Water Day .
The global experiment will be launched with a Big Splash on 22-25 March 2011, which coincides with World Water Day and National Water Week in South Africa.
The ship generates and distributes its own power, provides and maintains sanitation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, and makes several hundred thousand gallons of water every day from sea water.
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The Dolphin will produce 20 liters (a little over five gallons, for those who don't speak metric) of water per day at 70% humidity, which is enough for your office if you go through one of those ungainly water cooler jugs per day or less plus, without the plastic waste, and avoiding other associated costs of water jug transportation (emissions, namely).
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The UN International Year 2013 and the World Water Day, 22 March 2013, will be dedicated water co-operation.
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As every year on March 22, 2013 will be celebrate the International Water Day, this time also efforts will be devoted to water cooperation.
World Water Day 2013 will be celebrated on 22 March under the theme Water Cooperation, within the framework of the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013, coordinated by UNESCO on behalf of UN Water.
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of water and advocating for the sustainable management of water resources.
The project involved the installation of a water purification system capable of producing up to 20, 000 liters of drinking water per day and currently supplies over 600 residents with clean drinking water.
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Each would produce 50 million gallons of drinking water per day, equal to 8 percent of Orange County's water needs.
Many other events will take place around the world to celebrate World Water Day.
Cooperation on water issues will also be the theme for World Water Day on 22 March.
The prize will be awarded at the World Water Day ceremony on 22 March 2013.
Every year, special emphasis is being put on the theme selected for next World Water Day.
But it precludes escape on a day when the water is as flat as a millpond.
Like this 4 year old girl in Ghana who walks 6 miles a day to fetch water.
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The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.
The global event for World Water Day 2013 will be hosted by the Government of the Netherlands.
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World Water Day 2004: public outreach programme, secondary school essay competition, radio programme, expositions with literature, hydrologic models, etc.
On his first day on the water he set a goal to stand up on the surfboard three times.
In August 2011, UNESCO was officially appointed to lead the preparation for the International Year as well as the World Water Day 2013.
But will British householders, not just businesses, one day choose their water suppliers as easily as they now choose their gas and electricity companies?
Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater.
The coastline supports colonies of fish and seals, and divers who hunt for scallops and abalone can spend up to 10 hours a day in the water.
Building a shared consensus on the appropriate responses to these questions will be the main focus of the International Year and the World Water Day in 2013.
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International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
The African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), UN-HABITAT and UN-Water are co-organizing an official World Water Day 2011 event on 20 - 22 March 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa.
The fact is, three-fourths of the water Angelenos drink every day comes from miles away, and Connecticut-based Poseidon Resources is betting one day this already limited supply of water will be scarcer and more valuable.
The objective of World Water Day 2011 is to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems.
Other entries included team Eco's Climate Sim, which sees the player taking control of a farmer who has to balance his day-to-day energy and water needs with the growth of his crops and the environmental impact of his actions.
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