National Water Day (First Saturday in October)
In 1992, AIDIS, CWWA, and PAHO initiated the celebration of the Inter-American Water Day, which is commemorated on the first Saturday of October. This commemoration reaffirms the ongoing commitment of the partners involved in this initiative.
It emerged as an initiative at the XXIII Inter-American Congress of AIDIS, held in Havana, Cuba in 1992. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Association of Sanitary Engineering (AIDIS), and the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) endorsed the declaration of the Inter-American Water Day.
In 2002, the Organization of American States (OAS) joined this initiative.
