March 22nd is World Water Day

March 22nd is World Day for Water. This is an internationally recognized event which brings awareness to current critical water issues and stems from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. The United Nations and its affiliated nations devote March 22nd to implementing UN recommendations and encouraging activities and events within their countries relating to the world's water resources. Each year, one of various UN agencies involved in water issues takes the lead in promoting and coordinating international activities for World Water Day. This year’s theme is “Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge”.

If you’d like to learn more about World Water Day events and activities happening in your country, please visit http://www.worldwaterday.org

At the Joggins Fossil Centre, water conservation is very important. There are two main types of water systems at the Centre: potable and non-potable water. Ground-sourced water must undergo filtration before it is suitable for consumption (potable). The reason for the filtration is due to the fact that the mining industry that once took place in Joggins (the Joggins Fossil Centre is located where the Joggins No.7 mine once stood) has made ground water very hard. The ground-sourced water is treated through ultra violet light, anti-scaling, filtration and reverse osmosis. The treated potable water in then stored on-site. Any “waste” water created from the treatment of the ground water is also stored for non-potable needs. Non-potable water is also collected from the Centre’s green roof and stored onsite to flush toilets and water plants. Given the resources required to create potable water for public consumption, the Joggins Fossil Centre takes great measures to conserve water. This is why all of the bathroom facilities have taps that turn off automatically, dual flush toilets that use collected non-potable water and waterless urinals.

If you’d like to learn more about water conservation at the Joggins Fossil Centre, contact Jordan LeBlanc at 902-251-2727 ext 225 to book a Green Building Tour today.

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