World Water Day is incorporated into the narrative of the CHE’s centenary as an invitation to consider water from the perspective of shared responsibility, sustainability, and a basin-wide approach.
1926 – 2026
1926 – 2026
World Water Day is incorporated into the narrative of the CHE’s centenary as an invitation to consider water from the perspective of shared responsibility, sustainability, and a basin-wide approach.
22/03/2026
In the context of World Water Day, the Confederación Hidrográfica del Ebro once again places the value of water at the center of public discussion. It does so based on the press release published by the CHE on March 19, in which the Water Commissioner, Miriam Pardos, emphasizes that this date encourages reflection “on the importance of fresh water, the need to guarantee its access, and the urgency of moving towards truly sustainable management of water resources.”
Within the CHE’s centenary, this idea takes on a broader dimension. A Century of a United Basin refers not only to an institutional commemoration but to a way of understanding the territory: water as a common good, the basin as a shared space, and water management as a task that requires coordination, planning, and a long-term vision. This same idea runs through the CHE’s note, which insists on the complexity of current challenges, exacerbated by climate change and increasingly extreme rainfall events.
The information disseminated by the CHE stems from the conference “Urban Sanitation System Overflows: Challenges and Solutions”, in which Miriam Pardos and the Head of the Quality Area, M.ª Ángeles Alfonso, participated, along with the Aragonese Water Institute and ZINNAE. It was highlighted that responding to these challenges requires investment, infrastructure renewal, and, above all, cooperation between administrations and municipalities, especially in smaller ones.
The news itself also emphasizes an idea that directly links to the Centenary discourse: managing water is not just about using it, but about doing so without compromising its future. From this perspective, the CHE positions the balance between use and conservation as one of the great lessons of this century of history and as one of the main commitments of the present.
On this March 22, World Water Day is thus incorporated into the CHE’s centenary program as a date that reinforces the meaning of a commemoration built from the basin scale: a century of a united basin, a century of shared work around an essential resource for life, the territory, and the future.
Source: CHE press release on World Water Day and publication on chebro.es