Monday, October 19 - 2009 - 12:00 — Tangent Environ...
What is Australia's National Water Week?
"It is a schedule of programs and events that encourage protection, rehabilitation and improvement of water environments such as streams, wetlands, waterways, beaches, and estuaries. This year, the theme for National Water Week is 'Securing Our Water Future'. Anyone can get involved in National Water Week, with activities and events in your area. Year-round we also have a great range of water saving tips, competitions and giveaways."
Water Fact:
The vast majority of water on the Earth's surface (over 98 percent) is saline - or salty - water in the oceans. But it is the freshwater resources, such as the water in streams, rivers, lakes, and ground water that provide people (and all life) with most of the water we need to live. Australia is the driest inhabited continent, with a limited supply of fresh water...
Water must be used wisely if there is to be enough to meet the needs of future generations. Awareness about the amount of water used in everyday tasks is the first step in developing a responsible approach to water use.
Source: NWW