Save Water

Introduction

As we all know that water gives life to us and other living things on the earth. It is very essential to continue life on the earth and other planets. Without water, we cannot imagine the existence of life on any planet. Earth is the only known planet having water and life till date. So, we should not ignore the importance of water in our life and try our best to save water using every possible means. The earth is covered with around 71% water however with less amount of drinking water. The normal cycle of water balance runs naturally like evaporation and raining. However, the problem is with the saving of safe and drinking on the earth which is available in very less amount. Water conservation is possible with the good habits of the human beings.

Why we should Save Water

In order to know the answer of why we should save water, first we should know the importance of water means how the water is valuable to us in our life. Life is not possible without oxygen, water and food. But most importantly water is most precious in all the three essentials of life. The question is how much pure water we have on the earth.

According to the statistics, it has been estimated that less than 1% of the water on the earth is suitable for drinking. If we estimate the ratio of drinking water and total population of the world, it would be, more than a billion of people all across the world are surviving on 1 gallon of water per day. It has also been estimated that around or more than 3 billion of people would suffer water shortages by 2025.

People have started understanding the value of clean water however not trying completely to save water. Save water is good habit and every one of us should try their best to save water for the continuation of life here. Some years ago, no one was selling water on the shop however time has been changed now a lot and we can see the pure water bottles availability on the shop everywhere. Earlier, people were shocked by seeing water selling on the shop however now, they are ready to buy pure water bottle worth 20 rupees or more for their good health. We can clearly imagine that, in the near future there would be much shortage of clean water all over the world. Below, I have mentioned some facts which let us know that how valuable the clean water is:

Number of people who are getting die because of water related diseases is more than 4 million.

Developing countries are highly suffering from the diseases caused by the dirty water and lack of clean water.

Preparing one day newspaper consumes around 300 liters of water, so other means of news distribution should be promoted.

Every 15 seconds a small child is dieing of water born diseases.

People all across the world had started using bottled water worth $60-$80 billion per year.

People in the rural villages of India, Africa and Asia have to go for long (around 3.7 miles) in order to get drinking water.

People in India highly suffer various water born diseases which cost the economy of India to a great extent.

Ways to Save Water

I have discussed below some nice ways of saving water without any change in the lifestyle. One person of the home consumes around 240 lt of water per day in the household activities. A small nuclear family with four members consumes around 960 lt of water every day and around 350400 Lt per year. Only 3% of the total water consumption is used for drinking and cooking on daily basis and rest of the water usage in other works like watering plants, toilet, bathing, laundry, showering, etc. Some of the water saving tricks are:

Everyone should understand the individual responsibility and try to save water from the daily consumption other than drinking and cooking purposes.

If everyone of us slightly save water from the watering garden, flushing toilet, cleaning purposes, etc, there could be more water saving per day.

We should save rain water for the purposes like toilet flushing, laundry, watering garden, showering, etc.

We should save water while using sink, toilet, shower, etc.

We should make rainwater harvesting to use for purposes other than drinking and cooking.

We should wash clothes in the washing machine only when it has clothes to its total capacity. In this way, we can save around 4500 liters of water as well as electricity per month.

We should use bucket while taking bath by avoiding shower which saves around 150-200 liters of water every day.

We should turn off all the taps tightly after every use which saves more than 200 liters of water every month.

Everyone should promote playing dry and safe holi to lessen the massive use of water during holi festival.

We should be aware about the news of people struggling daily for a drop of water for their survival in order to save us from water wastage.

We should promote the programmes related to the water conservation in order to spread awareness.

Do not waste more water in the cooler during summer season and use only when required.

We should not waste water by sprinkling on the lawn, house or street.

Promote tree plantation during rainy season so that they can get water naturally.

We should make habit of washing hands, fruits and vegetables in a pan of water or using mug instead of washing under running water.

We should avoid watering plants during noon time especially from 11 am to 4 pm as they get evaporated. It is good to water plants in the early morning or evening so that plants may consume properly.

We should promote planting trees which are drought-tolerant.

We should encourage our family members, children, friends, neighbors and co-workers to do the same from their end to get the positive result.