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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ World Water Day which is internationally marked on March 22, today sheds a light on wastewater this year, and Mongolia enriched the theme with ‘resource’, thus making a slogan ‘Wastewater – Resource’.
Promoting the slogan, a number of events is taking place Wednesday, March 22, and one of them is ‘Wastewater – Resource’ forum co-organized by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, World Wildlife Fund, Promotion of mining infrastructure investment project, Mongolian Environmental Civil Council, Water Supply and Sewerage Authority of Mongolia and Mongolian University of Life Sciences. In conjunction with the forum, the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry is also hosting an expo of water saving technologies at its building.
The Ministry of Environment and Tourism also collaborates with Mongolian Student Association to organize the 12th ‘Water – Key to Development’ academic conference among students on World Water Day. Open to any student from private and public universities and colleges, the academic conference invites 25 topics for presentation including surface water resources, climate change and hydrology, pasture watering, urban water supply system and its optimization, water sufficiency and quality, water and health and water and tourism.
Furthermore, a promotional event named ‘Introducing Eurasian Beaver’ was organized by Fresh Water Resources and Nature Conservation Center of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in cooperation with Mayor’s Office and Beaver domestication unit to mark World Water Day today.
Published Date:2017-03-22