{"id":5991,"date":"2018-03-22T23:29:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.auburn.edu\/aww\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2023-05-11T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:05:15","slug":"march-22-world-water-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/march-22-world-water-day\/","title":{"rendered":"March 22 \/\/ World Water Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 22 is World Water Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Water Day was first celebrated on March 22, 1993. The purpose of the day is to draw attention on freshwater resource stewardship around the world.<\/p>\n

Read more about why World Water Day is celebrated on the United Nation’s website here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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How does Alabama Water Watch support freshwater resource stewardship?<\/strong> We help educate and train Alabama citizens of all ages and educational backgrounds on how to collect credible water quality data on their precious waterbodies, and empower them to use that data to protect and advocate for those waterbodies.<\/p>\n

Here are just a few of Alabama’s beautiful waterbodies that we celebrate on World Water Day:<\/p>\n

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Saugahatchee Creek<\/p><\/div>\n

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Turkey Creek<\/p><\/div>\n

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Locust Fork<\/p><\/div>\n

Take a moment to think about this small excerpt from Dr. Seuss’s\u00a0The Lorax<\/em> to focus our minds back on the importance of environmental and watershed stewardship (originally posted by www.rivers.gov), and please consider\u00a0sharing your story about how you are a watershed steward with us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“You’re glumping the pond where the Humming-fish hummed!
\nNo more can they hum, for their gills are all gummed.
\nSo I’m sending them off. Oh their future is dreary.
\nThey’ll walk on their fins and get woefully weary in search of some water that
\nisn’t so smeary.”
\n…
\n“But now, says the Once-ler,
\nNow that you’re here,
\nthe word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear.
\nUNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
\nnothing is going to get better.
\nIts not.”<\/p>\n

“So…
\nYou’re in charge of the last Truffula Seeds.
\nAnd the Truffula Trees are what everyone needs.
\nPlant a new Truffula. Treat it with care.
\nGive it clean water. And feed it fresh air.
\nGrow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack.
\nThen the Lorax
\nand all of his friends
\nmay come back.”<\/p>\n

Happy World Water Day, Water Watchers!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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