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1. What is World Water Day?
International World Water
Day is a day about water
and climate change – more
specifically, how the two are
closely linked.

2. World Water Day - March 22nd

3. World Water day is held every year on
March 22. This day was created to raise
awareness about the importance of water
for all and keeping our water resources
safe.
Today 2.1 billion people live without safe
drinking water at home.

4. Take a moment to reflect on the following
questions:

5. Do I think about how I use water every day in my
daily activities?
What do I use water for?

6. We use water to:
Brush our teeth
Clean the dishes
Take a shower/bath Grow all
our food
Wash our hands
Swim
Drink
Give to animals/pets
Make our meals
Clean our clothes

7. Do I sometimes waste water?
How do I waste it? How much water do I waste?

8. We waste water when we:
Don’t fix a leaky tap
Leave the tap on while brushing our teeth
Run the water at full blast while we wash our hands
Throw out clean water from our water bottle
Take long showers/or fill the bathtub really full
Wash a couple of things in the washing machine instead of
putting in a full load
Turn on the dishwasher when it is not full

9. We are so fortunate to have access to clean
running water in our homes, schools and
communities. Sometimes we forget that this is a
luxury. It is a luxury because there are so many
people all over the world who do not have water in
their homes or access to clean water.

10. https://youtu.be/paVt_WZJ0B8

11. The video we saw shows people struggling to get clean
water in a different part of the world than where we
live. Adults and children spend their days trying to
find some water in order to survive.
It may surprise you that there are many people living
in Canada, even in Ontario that struggle to have clean
water.
Many Indigenous People are living in areas that do not
have clean water or access to running water in their
homes.

12. As of 2014, there were 400 out of 618 reserves, where Indigenous People live, that
had reported water problems and many of them at some point were under a boil
water advisory. This means that the people cannot drink the water that comes out
of their tap. They first need to boil it to get rid of the bad things in the water to be
able to drink it and use it.
The worst case is in Neskantaga First Nation in Ontario. The people have been
boiling their water for 20 years!

13. Many Indigenous People also do not have running water in their homes. This
means they do not have a tap in their home that they can turn and get water. They
also then do not have a washroom so they have to use an outhouse all year round.
Outhouses near the band office of the Wasagamack First Nation in Manitoba. The outhouses are used year-round, even in the winter. More than 60 per cent of residents in the Cree
community 600 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg lack indoor plumbing. (Karen Pauls/CBC)

14. What Can You Do To Help
Be aware that we are SO lucky to have clean water
Be aware that many people in our world both far away and close to home are not so
fortunate
Look for ways to conserve our water … you can begin today!
Share your knowledge on conserving water and raise awareness about all humans
having the right to clean water

15. What ways can I use less water?

17. In the video we just saw many ways to conserve
water. To give you a visual when you brush your
teeth with the water running while you brush you
waste 4 L of water in comparison to turning the
water off then you only use 1 L of water. Please
do your part in finding ways to conserve our
precious clean water.

18. World Water Facts
Water is essential to life. It
constitutes up to 65% of
the human body and 90%
of the structure of plants.
No living being can
survive without it.

19. What do you notice?

20. Which would you choose?

21. Clean or dirty?

22. Water Pollution
Water Pollution is when any source of water (streams, lakes,
oceans) is mixed with substances harmful to living things.
How do you think oceans, rivers and lakes get polluted?

23. What do you think?

24. How can this cause water pollution?

26. What can we do to help

27. Create a poster to encourage people to
save/conserve water