Usuku Lwemvelo Wamanzi luyi-Mashi 22 futhi kuyithuba lokugcizelela umthelela wezolimo emithonjeni yamanzi. Ama-akhawunti ezolimo afaka amaphesenti angama-70 amaningi okukhishwa kwamanzi emhlabeni wonke, kanti baseMelika basebenzisa amanzi angama-7 500 amalitha (1,981 gallons) ngosuku, ikakhulukazi ekukhiqizeni ukudla, ngokusho kweZizwe Ezihlangene. Njalo ikhalori yokukhiqiza ukudla kudinga ilitha lamanzi okuchelela, kanti ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi okungalungile kungasho ukuthi kusetshenziswa amalitha angama-26.4 wamanzi ukukhiqiza ikhalori eyodwa yamandla.
Izolimo e-United States inomthwalo wamaphesenti angama-80-90 emanzini aphelele alahlekelwa imvelo noma ahlanganiswe kwimikhiqizo. "Amanzi kuyinkinga esingeke sisakwazi ukuyithatha kalula-noma ngabe sibheka ukuthengwa kwempahla, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo noma ikhwalithi yamanzi," kusho uFelicia Marcus, usihlalo weBhodi likaMbuso wezokuPhathwa kweMithombo yamanzi eCalifornia.
Noma kunjalo, ukulondolozwa kwamanzi kwezolimo kunomthelela omkhulu wokuzuza kahle. Okungenani isigamu sezitshalo zezitshalo zase-United States sisanisela ngamasendabuko ajwayelekile, angafaneleki, emele indawo enkulu yokuthuthukisa. Kukhona nemikhuba yokulondoloza amanzi ezweni elithuthukayo ukuthuthukisa kakhulu ukusebenza kahle, ngokusho kwe-FAO; ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bobuchwepheshe bokunisela, amazwe asathuthuka angakhiqiza ukudla okungamaphesenti angu-60 besebenzisa amanzi angama-14 kuphela. Ukuphuza ukuchelela kanye nokuvuselelwa kwamanzi kungasetshenziselwa abalimi abancane nabakhulu ngokufanayo, futhi abathengi banganciphisa izinyawo zabo ngamanzi ngokudla inyama encane yezimboni, ukukhetha ukudla kwendawo, nokuxhasa abalimi abagcina amanzi.
Ukukhululwa kwe-United Nations Development Report (WWDR) ngonyaka we-World Water Day kuzoxhuma amanzi, ukudla nokulima kanye nokuthuthukiswa okusimeme. Ukukhishwa minyaka yonke, i-WWDRs inikeza indlela yokuqapha amanzi nokulandela inqubekela phambili ekufezeni izinjongo ezifana neMigomo Yezinkulungwane Zentuthuko (MDGs).
Ngokuphawulekayo, i-MDG yokwehlukanisa inani labantu emhlabeni wonke ngaphandle kokufinyelela emithonjeni yamanzi okuphuza ephucukisiwe yatholwa ngo-2010 .
Kodwa-ke, le mpumelelo manje isongelwa ukukhushulwa kokudinga kokudla, isomiso, nokuntuleka kwamanzi, okungase kwandise ukucindezela ekukhungeni kwamanzi kanye nempahla yasemanzini. Ukukhiqizwa kokudla, ngokusho kwe-FAO, kuyodingeka ukwandise amaphesenti angu-70 ngo-2050, okuzokwenza ukuba kube nokuncintisana phakathi kokunisela nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi okuphuza. Isimo sezulu somhlaba wonke siphuthuma, futhi izindawo zokuhlala zime lapho abalimi behoxisa amanzi okunisela. Ukuntuleka kwamanzi kulindeleke ukuthi kuthinte abantu abangaphezu kwabayisishiyagalombili ngo-2025.
Lezi zinselelo ezicindezelayo zihambisana nezinhloso ezintsha zokuthuthukiswa njengoba iMDC ihlelwe ukuqeda ekupheleni kuka-2015. Izinhloso ezihlongozwayo zokuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo (SDGs) zizoshintsha ama-MDG futhi zigcine kuze kube ngu-2030. Ukulondolozwa kwamanzi okulima kungabamba iqhaza emigomeni ehlobene nendawo kokuvikeleka kokudla nokusimama kwamanzi, okuchazwa yi-SDG amabili nambili, ngokulandelana. Ama-SDG ahlongozwayo afaka umgomo wokubuyisela umhlaba owonakele ngo-2020, kufaka phakathi umhlaba ohlaselwe yisomiso nezikhukhula. Izingxoxo ze-Intergovernmental on the SDG ezihlongozwayo kanye nemigomo kuzokwenzeka ngoMashi 23-27, 2015 ehhovisi elikhulu le-UN eNew York City.
Ngeke nje kuphela ukuthi i-MDGs iphela kulo nyaka, kodwa uSuku Lomhlaba Wamanzi 2015 luzoba usuku lokugcina lwamanzi emhlabeni wonke kule 'Iminyaka Yezenzo: Amanzi Okuphila,' okwaba ngo-2005-2015. Ngokusho kukaJosefina Maestu, uMqondisi weHhovisi Lokusekela Amanzi Okuphila Kweminyaka Eyishumi, lolo suku "kufanele lubonise ukuthi kungakanani okwamanje okumele kwenziwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo nentuthuko kubo bonke abantu bezwe." Izenzakalo nezingxoxo kuzokwenziwa emhlabeni wonke ukuze ukuqwashisa ngezinkinga zokugcinwa kwamanzi ezihambisana nokudla kanye nokulima:
Ama-Workshops eStockholm azogxila kuhlelo lokuthuthukiswa kwe-post-2015 nokuphathwa kwemithombo yamanzi yokukhula okulinganayo nokulingana.
Ukudla ne-Water Watch kuzosingatha izenzakalo ezweni lonke ngenyanga ka-Mashi, kufaka phakathi ukuhlolwa kwe-documentary. Inhlangano iphinde ikhiphe izingcaphuno eziningana nezithembiso eziphathelene nokuzibandakanya kwamalungelo amanzi, amanzi asemabhodleleni, nokukhwabanisa.
I-Illinois Water Day 2015 izoqala ngokuhlola i-Cowspiracy e-University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ilandelwa yinkinga yepaneli esebenzayo kanye neseshini yokuposa.
Ngenxa yesomiso eCalifornia kanye namaphesenti angama-30 okunciphisa amandla eMadolobheni aseSierra Madre, i-Sierra Madre Rotary Club izosingatha imicimbi yomphakathi nomuzi ngoMashi 21, kufaka phakathi iphaneli lobuchwepheshe, amaloli okudla, imisebenzi yezingane, kanye ukuvakashela isitshalo sokwelapha amanzi.
E-Ecuador, isithangami somphakathi jikelele emanzini siyobanjwa ngoMashi 24-25 eMyuziyamu we-Yaku Water Park ngokuhlonipha uSuku Lomhlaba Wamanzi.
E-Singapore, i-Fishing Kaki izosingatha ukuhlanza ngoMashi 22 kuya emanzini amathathu okukhombisa ukuthi amanzi aphilile angasiza kanjani imiphakathi yokudoba ukufeza ukuphepha kokudla.
E-Somalia, iNtshonalanga ye-Northern Frontier izogubha uSuku Lomhlaba Wamanzi eMogadishu, igcizelela ukubaluleka kwamanzi ahlanzekile emiphakathini yasemaphandleni yase-Afrika. Uhlelo lwezolimo lwe-NGO luhlanganisa iphrojekthi yomshayeli wokunisela okusimeme eMfuleni uDawa.