UBC Okanagan World Water Day

UBCO World Water Day 2010 FINAL SCHEDULE

ubcwater — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:14:55 +0000

FINAL SCHEDULE for UBCO WORLD WATER DAY 2010 Date: Monday/Tuesday March 22nd- 23rd, 2010 Time: 11-4pm Place: UNC Ballroom 200

Please join us in celebrating this year’s World Water Day at UBC Okanagan. In addition to our exciting schedule of events, we will have displays, videos, a bake sale and booths focusing on water sustainability both here in the Okanagan and globally. Light Refreshment will be provided.

Kelowna/Penticton Monday 22nd
10:30am-12pm – Manteo Resort Water Quality Panel “Communicating Water Quality Challenges”
7:00 pm Penticton T&C.Centre Distinguished Speaker Series talk by Robert Sandford

Kelowna Tuesday March 23rd
9:00-10:00am Capri Mall Ministry of Environment Panel

At UBCO Tuesday 23rd
10:40am – 11:00am Opening ceremonies/ Drum Procession
11:00am-12:00 pm Robert Sandford talk ‘Water Ethics’
12:10-12:40 Dignitaries
12:40pm – 12:50pm Nelson Jatel – Okanagan Basin Water Board
Bernie Bauer-Director of Okanagan Sustainability Institute
12:50pm – 1pm Presentation by Leanne Bilodeau Workplace Health & Sustainability
1pm – 1:10pm Speech by Cynthia Mathieson
1:30pm – 1:40pm Closing Remarks
1:40pm – 2:15pm Sustainability Tours
2:15pm – 4pm Poetry Slam

EcoWater Support World Water Day 2010

ubcwater — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:12:05 +0000

EcoWater Canada

Feb 22, 2010 09:00 ET

EcoWater Canada Pledges Its Support for World Water Day 2010

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 22, 2010) - In celebration of World Water Day on March 22, 2010, EcoWater Canada will donate a portion from every sale in the month of March to help support AMREF Canada and the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health in their goals to bring clean, safe drinking water to people in Canada and around the world.

“We are very enthusiastic to be taking part in World Water Day this year says Paul Godin, President of EcoWater Canada. ”With the help of our dealers across the country, a portion of EcoWater product sales in March will be donated to AMREF Canada and the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, which we feel truly commemorate the essence of World Water Day. Our support will help improve access to clean water sources among vulnerable communities in Africa and support water education programs in Canadian Aboriginal communities.”

Designated by the United Nations in 1992, World Water Day is an international day of observance and action, drawing attention to more than 1 billion people worldwide that lack access to clean and safe water sources. The UN has chosen Communicating Water Quality Challenges and Opportunities as the theme for World Water Day 2010. For more information about World Water Day, visit www.worldwaterday.net

“Water is something we often take for granted.” Says Godin “We drink it, cook with it, bathe in it and use it as a utility every day without thinking about how many people do not have access to clean and safe water. Join us on World Water Day and throughout the month of March to celebrate water and the vital impact this precious resource has on our daily lives.”

To find out more about what EcoWater Canada is doing for World Water Day, visit www.ecowater.ca

About EcoWater Canada

An industry leader since 1925, EcoWater Systems is the world’s largest manufacturer of residential water treatment systems. EcoWater has consistently offered its customers innovative, state-of-the-art technology, quality products and excellent post-installation service.

EcoWater Canada is leading the way in “green” water purification. It is the first water treatment company to receive the zerofootprint Certificate of Compliance for water treatment products. EcoWater Canada has also created a first of its kind recycling program, specifically designed for used Reverse Osmosis (RO) water filtration cartridges.

About AMREF Canada

AMREF is the world’s leading African Health development organization. Founded in 1957 with headquarters, history and feet on the ground in Africa, AMREF empowers the most vulnerable people towards better health. Working closely with African communities and governments, AMREF’s projects fight disease, strengthen health systems and train health workers. In 2005, AMREF won the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Award for Global Health, for making major and lasting contributions in Africa. For more information visit amrefcanada.org.

About the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health

The winner of the 2008 Tommy Douglas Celebration of Medicare Award, The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health is an urban centre that provides quality, holistic, culturally relevant health services to Inuit, Metis and First Nation communities of Ottawa. The centre also engages in clinical, social, economic and cultural initiatives that promote the health of all Aboriginal people across Canada. For more information visit www.wabano.com.

For more information, please contact

Infinity Communications
Alan McLaren
O – 877-257-5556
M – 416-573-2307
alan@infinity-pr.com
or
EcoWater Canada
Paul Godin
President
905-361-8517
godinp@ecowater.ca

Water for Life featuring Distinguished Speaker: Robert Sandford

ubcwater — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:31:51 +0000

UBC OKANAGAN DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

ROBERT SANDFORD
Water for Life

Robert Sandford is the Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade “Water for Life,” a national partnership to advance long-term water quality and availability issues in response to climate change in this country and abroad. This presentation in Penticton is the keynote address for UBC Okanagan’s World Water Day 2010.

Date: Monday, March 22, 2010
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, Salon B — 273 Power Street, Penticton (Please note the change in location from the Cleland Community Theatre)

United Nation’s World Water Day 2010

ubcwater — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:25:30 +0000

Home / WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities
Updated: Thursday 10 December 2009
WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities

Every year, 1,500 cubic kilometres of wastewater are produced globally. While waste and wastewater can be reused productively for energy and irrigation, it usually is not. In developing countries 80 percent of all waste is being discharged untreated, because of lack of regulations and resources. And population and industrial growth add new sources of pollution and increased demand for clean water to the equation. Human and environmental health, drinking and agricultural water supplies for the present and future are at stake, still water pollution rarely warrants mention as a pressing issue.

To do something about that UN-Water has chosen Communicating Water Quality Challenges and Opportunities as theme for World Water Day 2010.