World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater - yet many parts of the world, including Catalonia, Spain, are observing their worst droughts in decades.
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00:00 Countries around the world will mark World Water Day on Friday, but in Catalonia it's
00:07 a state of emergency, with water levels in reservoirs at historic lows. New restrictions
00:13 have been imposed on urban and rural areas, making already dire conditions even worse
00:18 for struggling farmers, experts warn of a grim future.
00:25 "The government and the government of the Republic of Catalonia have already indicated
00:32 that Catalonia and the Mediterranean region will have a serious problem of water, drought
00:37 and that we are facing a possible desertification situation. So turning our backs to this situation
00:44 and continuing to expand or increase water consumption as if nothing happened will generate
00:51 a serious problem for the people of Catalonia."
00:58 The report, which was developed by the Swiss Development Agency, will provide free access to solutions to shortages, as well as information on how best to conserve life's most precious resource.
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