This slideshow describes what the UN's Sustainable Development Goal number 6 is, how you can locally contribute, and ways to stay connected on social media.

1. The 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable
Development
By: Grace Verkuyl
GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

2. Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management
of water and sanitation for all
● By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
● By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying
special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
● By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous
chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe
reuse globally
● By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply
of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
● By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation
as appropriate
● By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and
lakes
● By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and
sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater
treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
● Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/envision2030-goal6.html

3. Why does it resonate for you?
Water is something we can't live without. It should be a basic right for every
living thing on our planet. We need to take care of our people.
Sanitation is a luxury we often take for granted. Having a space to be clean, use
the restroom, and have access to toiletries is often something people in poverty
live without.
I believe these issues are important to the health of people around the world and
as individuals who don’t have to think about these issues, we have power to
bring awareness and make change.

4. How can your interest be applied locally?
Water:
● Sustainable water practices can be done on an individual level. Some options are
○ Shorter showers
○ Using Car Washes
○ Buying sustainable appliances
○ Only running appliances when full
Sanitation:
● Donating
○ Hygiene Products
○ Toiletries
○ Money
● UW Tacoma Hygiene Drive (currently happening)
Water practices: https://www.culligannation.com/10-ways-to-conserve-water-sustainable-living/

5. Where can you personally make the greatest
contribution?
Water:
● Take shorter showers
● Only run appliances when they are full
Hygiene:
● Donated hygiene products to a local drive at work

6. Where can individuals donate and contribute to?
Water:
● Donate
○ https://www.safewaternetwork.org/
○ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water
○ https://water.org/our-impact/water-crisis/
Hygiene:
● Donate
○ Hygiene for homeless women http://www.hygienecampaign.org/
○ WASH - hygiene information for undeveloped areas https://www.circlek.org/wash
○ https://www.wateraid.org/us/
○ Disability: https://www.ircwash.org/news/wash-and-disabilities

7. Is there a feature of social media that can be
uniquely applied to this goal?
A hashtag used by Sustainable Goals to show the progress done on goals is
#Envision2030
A list of apps and websites to connect with:
https://mashable.com/2010/10/15/social-media-clean-water/
My favorite few
● National Geographic: Water Footprint Calculator App
● H2O Calculator App
● Where Water Meets Watts (https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/watermap)
● Imagine H2O (https://www.imagineh2o.org/)
● Oxfam (https://twitter.com/Oxfam)
● Oceana (https://twitter.com/Oceana)
● WUIW (https://twitter.com/WUIW)