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A series of events will be held in Bắc Ninh
Province this week to mark World Water Day 2017, said the Ministry of
Environmental and Natural Resources.
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The highlights of the March 21 to 23 events include a national rally, a
scientific conference on safe treatment and reuse of wastewater, and an
exhibition of photos and wastewater treatment equipment.
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The March 22 water day aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce
water pollution, reuse water, protect water sources and exploit them
effectively, according to the Department of Water Resources Management
under the ministry of environment.
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Ensuring the availability and sustainable
management of water and sanitation for all is one of the 17 sustainable
development goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, to which Việt Nam has expressed its commitments, according
to the Việt Nam News Agency.
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Within the agenda, by 2030 everyone will have access to safe water
resources and have their sanitation conditions improved by reducing the
percentage of untreated wastewater and increasing reuse of safe water.
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Some 80 per cent of the world’s wastewater from social activities is released into the ecosystems without treatment and reuse.
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High-income nations treat some 70 per cent of their wastewater, but the
rate only comes to 38 and 28 per cent for nations with above and below
average incomes, respectively. Low-income nations treat only some 8 per
cent of their wastewater.
Some 1.8 billion people in the world are using unsafe water resources
and water with poor sanitation, of which 842,000 die per year..
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