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# Christine Chang: World Water Day spotlights the global shortage of clean water
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/032307-story/
- Published: 2007-03-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:44:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

AHHHHH Christine Chang Thursday marked the international observance of World Water Day, which was created in 1992 during the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Its mission is to focus attention on the world-wide shortage of available clean water sources particularly in under-developed, third-world countries. As part of this initiative, the UN is striving to increase the distribution of bottled water to spots around the globe that lack basic access to the wet stuff. No word as of yet if the Pellegrino brand will be amongst those provided.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 23, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032307.pdf?ref=smdp.com)