SAVING WATER

“Water flows humbly to the lowest level,

Nothing is weaker than water.

Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong,

Nothing surpasses water.”

SAVING WATER

The proposed idea is SAVING WATER.

To promote successful water conservation practices and

To provide guidelines for saving water.

To increase awareness about water conservation.

Water is the fundamental substance for all human beings. Water is

becoming scarce in quantity and inadequate in quality in many areas around

the world. With the increase in population, urbanization and industrialization

the demand of water for various uses is increasing continuously, thereby

reducing per capita water availability. Per capita availability of good, potable

water is diminishing in all developed and developing countries.

This idea should be implemented due to

1. Avoiding possible future wars over water.

2. Water resources are getting scarce.

3. WATER-being life giver for all forms of life on

Earth.

4. The most important thing—WATER HAS NO

SUBSTITUTE.

Water, an essential fluid on which all life depends, has

become global garbage can. The need of the hour is to save and

consume this water to the best of our use. Water not only

quenches our thirst but it is also a source of food to us. New York

Times says, “Blue is the new green”. It suggests it is high time

focus on saving water. Intelligent utilization of water is the need

of the hour. To poison the water is to show disrespect for

creation. To honour and protect the water is our

responsibility as people of the land.

The plants and insects in all parts of the world need water to live. We

also need water to produce electricity and to carry out goods or

trade. Water also helps us to transport many goods that we need for

our homes. Ships , rafts and boats carry many things from distant

lands and helps to exchange goods between one country and

another. Transport by water is easier and cheaper than by air or land.

Water is so important that all living things, including the tiniest

creature, will continue to struggle to get it whenever or wherever

they can.

Conservation of water should come naturally.

Yet in most parts of the world, it doesn’t. The urge to

conserve water seems to fade with latest rain shower.

In the end conserving water has little to do with

drought and floods and everything to do with

protecting finite resources. It is not about making

sacrifices, it’s about eliminating waste. It’s about

saving our communities for tomorrow.

Water crisis is one of major issues the world is facing

today and it is the responsibility, perhaps the duty of each one of

us to contribute towards water management. There is water crisis

today but crisis is not about having too little water to fulfill our

needs. It is a crisis of managing water so poorly that billions of

people, animals and the environment suffer badly. Earlier seen as

a problem of only the poorest, the water crisis is increasingly

affecting the wealthier nations, economic riches being no

insurance against it. For years we have misused our important

resource-WATER.

It will benefit whole of human kind.

It will benefit in restoring ecosystems.

It will benefit in increasing the food crop

production.

All the backward and developing countries will

benefit from this effort.

effort?

Existing budget with government bodies may be

sufficient.

Many ideas require no budget as habits and

attitudes only need to change.

Extra funds may be required for awareness

campaigns and capacity building.

If each one of us recognize, realize and

respect water as our most precious resource ever,

we can mirror the ocean in all its forceful resilience.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just

a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less

because of that missing drop. And we might just

be able to placate the global water crisis, if not

completely vanquish it.

One must remember not to waste water. There are many

ways in which water is wasted.

The predominant is the leaking tap. This can be curbed by

periodic checks to arrest any leakage.

People should be made aware that water is precious. We should

stop immediately if we see running water from an unattended tap.

When leaving home we should ensure that all taps have been

turned off.

Water your lawn and garden in the morning or evening

when temperatures are cooler to minimize evaporation.

Wash your fruits and vegetables in a pan of water

instead of running water from the tap.

Spreading a layer of organic mulch around plants

retains moisture and saves water, time and money.

Shorten your shower by a minute or two and you'll save

up to 150 gallons per month.

Stakeholder participation is required at all levels.

Social activists need to enthuse government agencies and public

at large.

Individuals, families, societies have to adopt the water saving

practices.

Individuals and groups need to monitor implementation of ideas.

Media (TV/radio/newspaper) plays a crucial role in spreading

awareness to SAVE WATER.

Without water life is unthinkable. Without

water no living thing on the earth could survive. We

need water to quench our thirst, water our lands to

grow crops or to keep the animals and fowls in our

homes alive.

In the end I would like to state that if we don’t

make a judicious use of water today then tomorrow there

would be no water to drink and hence no life. The words

of Samuel Taylor Coleridge best conclude my presentation

“Water, water, everywhere

And all the boards did shrink

Water, water, everywhere

Nor any drop to drink.” So the best is to Save Water save Planet Earth.

THE END