Commemorating World Water Day 2023, Here are Several Clean Water Conservation Policies in the FMIPA UI Environment

World Water Day is a day that is celebrated internationally every March 22 as an effort to raise awareness among the world community about the importance of clean water for survival.

World Water Day as a global campaign was established on March 22, 1993 through the 47th UN General Assembly on December 22, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Every year, there is a special theme that is adjusted to the issue of water resources that are considered important and need the attention of the international community.

As reported by the UN website, World Water Day 2023 carries the theme "Be The Change" which means "Becoming Change." The meaning of the theme of World Water Day 2023 is to encourage people to take part in using, consuming, and managing water for the sustainability of their lives.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FMIPA UI) as a leading science faculty in Indonesia, also contributes to being an agent of social change that promotes sustainable goals, in an effort to bring about changes in the lifestyle of the world community to use increasingly limited energy and natural resources

One of them is to increase public awareness of the importance of using, consuming, and managing water properly in order to maintain the sustainability of life.

As explained by the Dean of FMIPA UI Dede Djuhana, Ph.D., he conveyed a number of clean water conservation policies that were implemented in his faculty environment.

First, the use of recycled water such as storing AC water in containers so that it can be used as an alternative water source.

"The distilled AC water is used to meet the needs of aquades in the Chemistry Laboratory," said Dean Dede, at the FMIPA UI campus, Depok, Tuesday (3/21/2023).

Second, FMIPA UI also has rainwater storage in a ground tank as a reserve source of clean water.

"Third, improving the function of the rainwater control tank into a water absorption hole by increasing the number of rainwater absorption wells to avoid water puddles when it rains," he said.

fourth, help maintain the UI lake as a source of clean water reserves for the campus.

"Maintaining and repairing the faculty's water catchment area consisting of forests, gardens, and concrete block parking as catchment areas," said the Dean.

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