World Water Day 2012

World Water Day, Thursday 22 March 2012, draws attention to something most of us take for granted despite its importance – safe water.

There are still 783 million people worldwide without access to clean drinking water.

This year, World Water Day takes place one month before the 'Sanitation and Water for All' High Level Meeting in Washington DC, where world leaders will discuss what they're going to do to tackle the water and sanitation crisis.

As part of our Water Works campaign, we're collecting photos showing how much we all rely on clean water. Put simply: Water Works! Upload your photo today at www.wateraid.org/waterworks

Other ways to get involved:

If you have not liked us on Facebook yet, please do! We are posting World Water Day updates, so please share them with your Facebook friends. On the day, please update your profile with a World Water Day timeline image. Click here to grab one! 

On Twitter, follow us! On World Water Day, please tweet: 783 million people are still waiting for safe drinking water. Make change happen on #worldwaterday: http://bit.ly/wwd_action #waterworks.

Have a Pinterest account? We have created this board to celebrate safe, clean water and to highlight some of the people and organisations campaigning to bring about universal access to it. Please have a look and share!

Here are our World Water Day 2012 highlights so far:

Watch our World Water Day 2012 slideshow:

WaterAid is a member of UN-Water. To find out more about other activities taking place on World Water Day, visit their website.