World Water Day focuses on sanitation

With World Water Day being celebrated on 20 March, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urged governments, businesses and NGOs alike to step up efforts to reduce uncontrolled dumping of waste in rivers – in both poor and rich nations.

“Sanitation, human health and the environment are inextricably linked. Adequate water supply and sanitation means a clean environment and healthy people,” said Ger Bergkamp, head of IUCN’s Water Programme.

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