{"id":32548,"date":"2023-03-22T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barcelonesa.com\/?p=32548"},"modified":"2023-03-21T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:52:42","slug":"world-water-day-2023-lets-speed-up-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barcelonesa.com\/en\/blog\/world-water-day-2023-lets-speed-up-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"World Water Day 2023: Let’s speed up to make a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we are in the middle of a drought, we should pause to think about such a limited resource as water, taking advantage of the fact that today, 22 March, is World Water Day. It is also very present in several SDGs of the 2030 Agenda, not only in Goal 6 dedicated to water sanitation, but also in Goals 7, 11, 14 and 15, focused on energy, cities, underwater life and terrestrial ecosystems, respectively.<\/p>\n

Water is life, but we still do not reuse it as much as we could<\/strong> and millions of litres of this limited resource are wasted instead of being put to good use. This is a reality in Spain and around the world: wetlands disappearing, restrictions on the use of drinking water, businesses closed due to lack of access to water resources, unhealthy water because it has not been treated, drinking water used for cooling power stations…<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations<\/a>, 44% of domestic wastewater is not treated safely<\/strong>. As this year’s slogan says: we need to accelerate change!<\/p>\n

How can we make better use of water?<\/h2>\n

We need to make changes in habits and processes to reduce water use<\/strong>. This reduces water extraction, but it is inevitable that waste will be generated. This is why we must also change the way we treat it, so that we are not dependent on the original source.<\/p>\n

There are several types of wastewater<\/strong> depending on their origin:<\/p>\n