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World Water Day at the Legislature

3/11/2019

 
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Commemorate U.N. World Water Day with an update on CT's waters at the Legislative Office Building.  On Friday March 22cd, there will be a one hour, information packed presentation with speakers from the legislature, environmental advocacy groups, and state agencies.  Learn what's happening with issues such as the state water plan, contamination of our aquifers with toxic chemicals, watershed lands at risk of development, and the potential hazards of climate change. See the program handout below.
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U.N. World Water Day Friday March 22cd

3/11/2019

 
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6,
one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, was  established by the UN in 2015: 
"Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all."

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From the U.N.'s website:
  • 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (WHO/UNICEF 2017). Water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the global population and is projected to rise. Over 1.7 billion people are currently living in river basins where water use exceeds recharge.
  • 3 in 10 people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 6 in 10 people lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities
  • 80% of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused. (UNESCO 2017)
  • Each day, nearly 1,000 children die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diarrheal diseases.
  • Women and girls are responsible for water collection in 80 per cent of households without access to water on premises.
  • 90% of all natural disasters are water-related. (UNISDR)
  • 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.
To see the list of Goals, visit www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/water-and-sanitation/

Goal #1: By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all.

BAN Fracking Waste From CT

3/10/2019

 

SB 753 Advances Out of Environment Committee;
Now Needs Support to Pass General Assembly

CT could be under assault from fracked gas waste products from states as close as Pennsylvania.  Some see a economic driver in the business of importing and processing such waste and want DEEP to regulate its transfer and handling.  But that would open the state to contamination through multiple avenues:  watch this short video to see how:   Food and Water Watch has been on the forefront of the effort to create multiple municipal ordinances banning the waste while a 3 year moratorium has been in place.  now it's time for a state-wide ban that will protect CT from pollution of its waters with fracked wast
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