Oman marks World Water Day with ‘Water and Jobs’ slogan

Muscat: Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW ) celebrated the World Water Day, along with celebrations around the world, on March 22.
This year, the celebrations were held under the slogan "Water and jobs" because almost half of the world's workers—1.5 billion people—work in water related sectors and nearly all jobs depend on water and ensuring its safe delivery. Yet, the millions of people, who work in water-related jobs are often not recognised or protected by basic labour rights.
The slogan for 2016—Water and Jobs—focuses on how enough quantity and quality of water can change workers' lives and livelihoods, and even transform societies and economies.
PAEW participated with the world to celebrate this day through the implementation of activities and leisure and exhibitions that were distributed among its activities in the Sultanate.
It also participated in a Water Nizwa exhibition at the Nizwa Grand Mall and took part in various activities held at a number of schools in Al Jabal Al Akdahr and schools in the wilayat of Sur.
Coinciding with the World Water Day, the Authority launched a campaign called “iCommit,” which will continue till the end of December 2016.
The campaign aims to communicate its message to all members of society, in addition to reducing consumption at some government facilities, such as mosques and schools by at least 5 per cent, and for monitoring government accounts that consume large amounts of water to study the reasons for an increase in water consumption and ways to reduce water consumption in coordination with key accounts in the Customer Services directorate.