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What is septage?

Septage is what is inside your septic tank. It means the sludge produced on individual onsite wastewater disposal systems, principally septic tanks and cesspools.

It includes solids and liquids that come from your toilet, sinks, kitchen and laundry. It refers to the partially treated waste stored in a septic tank. It includes all household wastes that are disposed of through a home's plumbing system and are not drained out into the soil or converted to gases by the bacteria in the tank.

Around the world, the right to health of millions is increasingly coming under threat.

Diseases and disasters loom large as causes of death and disability.

Conflicts are devastating lives, causing death, pain, hunger and psychological distress.

The burning of fossil fuels is simultaneously driving the climate crisis and taking away our right to breathe clean air, with indoor and outdoor air pollution claiming a life every 5 seconds.

World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater.  

World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.  

Every year, UN-Water — the UN’s coordination mechanism on water and sanitation — sets the theme for World Water Day. In 2023, the focus was on Accelerating Change. In 2024, the theme will be Leveraging Water for Peace.