Water is the lifeblood of every community around the world. But a sustainable, clean supply for drinking, hygiene and farming is not guaranteed for hundreds of millions of people. 9News
In Paraguay, a man displaced by a rising river hauls heavy buckets of it to his temporary home.In Haiti children fill large jugs of it in dwindling ravines.But a sustainable, clean supply for drinking, hygiene and farming is not guaranteed for hundreds of millions of people, according to United Nations figures.
Some supplies have dwindled from lack of rain, with dry spells often lasting months if not years in some places.Attribution:A punishing winter drought in southern Europe left reservoirs so bare that officials are moving fish for their survival. Kenya's dry weather and a lack of infrastructure means many people gather water at local hubs to collect enough.Washers rely on India's Brahmaputra river for cleaning clothes despite threats from seasonal flooding.Some countries exposed to too much or too little water have already found ways to keep it flowing in the needed amounts.
In the Netherlands, where about a third of the country is below sea level, wind pumps prevent regions from being submerged.Delegates attending the conference in New York will agree on an agenda aimed at advancing toward a goal of having readily available, sustainably managed water and sanitation for everyone across the globe.World Water Day aims to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource.
From droughts stifling once-reliant sources to destructive downpours and floods, what the world does about its water woes is the central question at the UN's three-day water conference.A water vendor fills water containers from a tanker in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya.
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