#WATER IS A LIFE #

#SAVE WATER ,WATER WILL SAVE YOU#

#SAVE WATER#SOCIAL WORK # A YOUTH INITIATIVE



Water is inextricably linked to energy and climate change. Energy is required for pumping and treating water that we get at home. Pumping and treating wastewater is energy intensive. Conservation of water indirectly conserves therefore, conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate change will also impact freshwater supply. Global warming is resulting in shifting rainfall patterns, an increase in the number of dry days, torrential rainfall over short periods of time, and extreme weather events, all of which increase the likelihood of droughts and floods. It, in turn, will affect food supplies and human health. Water is expected to be a major source of conflict in future because demand is soaring and freshwater reserves are severely stressed. Plummeting groundwater resources in many regions and inefficient use of water is a matter of serious concern.

Despite adequate rains, we face a shortage of water for drinking, agriculture, industry and sanitation. It even leads to conflicts among neighbors – people and provinces. Wastage of water can be avoided through various ways. Rainwater harvesting can recharge our lakes and ground aquifers. Farmers can avoid excessive flooding of fields. In our houses, we have plenty of scope for reducing consumption. Pollution of water by the discharge of wastes is itself a serious problem, as cleaning it for reuse by humans requires lot of efforts and energy.

The importance of water for life and environment has always been felt even before man appeared on this Planet. For life itself evolved in water and would not have come about, as we know it today, without it.  Water is being harvested in India since the ancient period. The need of conservation and management of water was felt even by the people of the Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, about 5000 years ago. Water today is getting increasingly scarce with the issue being not really of availability but access.

Why do we need to save water?

97.5% of the world’s water is locked in seas and oceans, too salty for human use. And most of the remaining 2.5% is in the ice caps.

So we humans depend on the tiny bit available as fresh water – an essential natural resource for life.

But we don't just use water for drinking. We wash in it, clean with it, and use it to produce everything from clothing to food. Crop production – including feed for livestock and biofuels – is putting a great strain on fresh water supplies.



Realizing that water conservation is the need of the hour, here are the few water saving tips:


 1. Check faucets and pipes for leaks

 2. Use your automatic dishwasher for full loads only

3. Tell your children not to play with the hose and sprinklers

4. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth

5. Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors

6. Take shorter showers

7. Get a cistern displacement device to save up to 5,000 liters of water every year. They are free from most water companies.

8. Fix a dripping tap. A dripping tap can waste 15 liters of water a day!

9. Use mulch and bark in your garden, it will help to reduce evaporation by up to 75%.

10. Plant drought-resistant plants that don’t require as much watering.