World Water Day

 Held on this day since 1993, we celebrate water and raise awareness of the 2 billion people living without access to safe water for drinking and/or sanitation.

This year's focus is on sustainably managing groundwater.

"As climate change gets worse, groundwater will become more and more critical."

Making the Invisible Visible

The Weather Channel is bringing attention to the importance of our watersheds.

Flood, drought and water pollution are crises that "are merely symptoms of a broader syndrome - watersheds in poor health."

These are essentially our drainage basins.  Here, it's the Truckee River, and all the mountain streams that flow into it.  The Parks Foundation taught me why undesignated trails contribute to water pollution, in paving a way, so to speak, for water in an area that hasn't been cleared of other debris.

A healthy watershed needs an intact ecosystem, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands and streams which help regulate the quantity, quality, timing and flow of water, not to mention providing a habitat for thousands of species.

World Water Day

Weather Channel