On Monday, March 22, people, organizations, and governments around the world will focus on the planet's water concerns as part of World Water Day. World awareness of water issues has come a long way since 1992, when the United Nations designated the 22nd day of March as the annual World Water Day, but it's going to take a lot more than annual observances and conferences to solve the global water crisis.

• By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population – or 5.3 billion people – will suffer from water shortages.
• Right now, 1.1 billion people – or one in six people worldwide – do not have access to clean water.
• Every year, 1.8 million children die from waterborne diseases; that is one every 15 seconds. Water-related diseases caused by contaminated water and inadequate sanitation are responsible for 80% of all illness in the developing world.

What can you do?

Support charity:water’s UNSHAKEN campaign to help Haiti recover by providing long-term water solutions.

to share the issues of water conservation with others.