The Nepal National Water Week Organizing Committee (NNWWOC) 2010, consisting of 21 members from different organizations, including government, non-governmental and professional societies, is organizing a week-long program (17-23 March) entitled “Nepal National Water Week 2010” with the theme – Communicating Water Quality, Challenges and Opportunities.

The water week has been designed to commemorate the World Water Day (March 22) and World Meteorological Day (March 23) in order to disseminate the message of the importance of water quality and water scarcity to life and the risk that is growing along with them. The main objective of the program is to make aware and sensitize politicians, policy makers, development planners, bureaucrats, environmentalists, researchers, advocacy groups, students and the society as a whole on the water quality and related issues.

Activities include: Water Parade, media interaction and press releases, water quality mapping and flagging, symposium on water quality, several awareness campaigns, photography, art and poem competition and exhibition..Event

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