Mongolia observes World Water Day by raising public awareness

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Water sector provides many jobs, as it requires exploration and determination of water reserves, tapping resources, transporting, storing, distributing, sanitation, treatment, quality improvement and prevention from drought and other water related calamities. The Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism N.Battsereg also said March 22 that, prioritizing a goal of resolving accessible and reliable water source for the population and economic industries, his Ministry has also been focusing on preserving the ecological balance and fulfilling the state policy on green development. The day is marked as the World Water Day since 1993, initiated by the United Nations. Mongolia joined this initiative in 2005. This year’s theme is “Water and Jobs”. In the margin of the World Water Day, an “International cross-border water relations and agreements” conference ran at the Center for Clean Water Reserve and Environment Protection, “Water and Traditions” discussion–at the University of Sciences and Technology, a 11th “Water–Key to Development” academic, theory and practice conference--at the Mongolian State University, and a “Water and Jobs” discussion--at Mongolian Confederation of Trade Unions. The same day, the Art Council of Mongolia in cooperation with the Embassy of the USA in Ulaanbaatar launched a one-month programme called “Smart Water”, aiming to raise public awareness about the overconsumption of drinking water and lack of water reserve in Mongolia, as well as ways to save water. In the scope of this programme, the Art Council will take awareness raising measures through films, particularly by broadcasting Mongolian and foreign documentary videos, distributing posters and building ice sculpture named “Smart Water”.