Inter-American Water Day

In 1992, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS) and Caribbean Association of Water and Wastewater (CWWA) signed the Declaration of the XIII Inter-American Congress of AIDIS in Havana (Cuba), whereby the Inter-American Water Day was created.

The signers of the Declaration agreed that although Latin America and the Caribbean regions are very rich in water resources than in other parts of the world, water is not evenly distributed. Furthermore, although water is an essential natural resource for life, countries not properly protected it; when populations have access to natural sources, water does not go through a basic sanitation service, resulting in increased rates of contamination by diseases like cholera.

These institutions advocate the improvement of the treated water supply in regions not supplied in Latin America and the Caribbean, and increased investments in health care, primarily to cater to the most vulnerable segment of the population: children.

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Qualidade da água, saneamento e doenças relacionadas a água (in Portuguese)

Guía para la Movilización Comunitaria (in Spanish)

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