Two very real, interdependent challenges face the Earth: water scarcity and climate change. In recognition of World Water Day on March 22, the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center tackled these issues through a series of educational programs for students and adults.

"The United Nations Human Development Report does not predict an absolute water shortage," says FWWIC Director Karen Young. "The world is not running out of water, but 1.4 billion people live in areas where water use exceeds supply. Right here in the Delaware Valley, scientists and engineers, environmentalists and laypeople are working to reverse water scarcity. We invited them to share ideas and projects that have potential to bring water and sanitation to all the world's citizens."

Lifting the Burden   
Water and Sanitation Project Possibilities in Cameroon   
Water Rights and Wrongs: Through the Eyes of Children    
FWWIC Video Conference with the United Nations    
With Climate Change, Water Grows Even Scarcer  
Rachel Carson at 100     
Local Engineers Help West Bengal Villagers Remove Arsenic from Water

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