HAWLEY, PA & BETHEL, NY — March 22 will be World Water Day, an opportunity for people around the world to take action to protect water, our most vital natural resource.

World Water Day was launched in 1993 in response to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development’s recommendation to establish an international observance for water. It has continued annually since.

Organizers of the event are encouraging people around the globe to do something locally to make a difference. In our area, you can do so by taking a pledge through the new online resource.

The website MyDelawareRiver.ClearChoicesCleanWater.org hosts educational information for anyone interested in helping to protect our regional waterways from pollution and in conserving the use of this finite resource.

Also available on the website is an interactive map that compiles the results of pledges throughout the Upper Delaware River region. Pledges can be made for activities participants are already doing, or for new efforts they intend to begin.