Today marks World Water Day 2012, a day created by the United Nations that is meant to focus on the importance of sustaining freshwater sources.

World Water Day, taking place today, is an international day created by the United Nations in 1992 to address the growing global water crisis.

WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PSI Ambassador, actress and singer/songwriter Mandy Moore joined a coalition of nearly 30 organizations and dozens of others who met with Members of Congress today for a day of advocacy on Capitol Hill.

An Afghan boy carries a can after he collected water Saturday from a public tap in Kabul. "Sanitation" is the theme for World Water Day 2008, which is observed each year on March 22.