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| Calendar: | elma.pollard@gmail.com |
| Title: | SA National Water Week |
| When: | 18.03.2013 - 24.03.2013 |
| Location: | nationwide |
| Description: | Endangered Wildlife Trust is celebrating National Water Week by joining Colin Cooper and his team of cyclists on the Wag-‘n Biekie Marico 300 River Ride, as they make their way from the source of the Groot Marico River along its course to the confluence with the Limpopo River. The cyclists will be drinking water collected from the pristine Marico eye along the route and camping at sites along the river. Colin will be riding the distance on a Qhubeka village bike and Bridget Corrigan, the EWT’s Source to Sea Programme Manger, will be recording the state of the Marico river from its source to Madikwe game reserve. If you would like to speak to Bridget about the River Ride and the work the EWT is doing in the Groot Marico please contact her on 076 440 5306 or contact me on 082 589 0000 World Water Day was declared an international day in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly and was first celebrated in 1993. Clean water is essential to the health and sustainability of the environment, people and agriculture. Increasing demand due to factors such as population growth is putting enormous pressure on this scarce but precious resource. Many natural resources are found in abundance in South Africa except for water, and it is this resource that is essential for all life forms on Earth. South Africa's water supply is variable and distributed unevenly in time (frequent droughts alternate with periods of good rainfall) and space (the eastern half of the country is markedly wetter than the western half). The increase in demand for good quality water requires careful management and is a priority as it has been estimated that by 2025, there will be insufficient water supply for domestic, agricultural and industrial use in South Africa. By celebrating World Water Day and National Water Week, it is hoped to focus attention on the need to address the problems regarding the supply of drinking water; increase public awareness about the importance of conservation and protection of water resources; and, increase government's, non-governmental organisations and the private sector's participation in World Water Day celebrations. |
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