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Water Crisis

• Did you know that by 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions?
• Did you know that 663 million people live without safe water?
• Did you know that 2.4 billion people don’t have access to adequate sanitation, one in three of the world’s population?
• Did you know that Over 315,000 children die every year from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation? That’s almost 900 children a day.

But unfortunately saving water is among the things we least care about in our day today life.This is why UN took initiative in 1993 to introduce a world water day.

World Water day 2017

Each year, World Water Day, March 22nd highlights a specific aspect of freshwater.

In 2015, World Water Day had the theme “Water and Sustainable Development”.

In 2016, “Water and Jobs,” in this year it’s “Wastewater” and in 2018 it will be “Nature-based Solutions for Water”.
Waste water

Waste water is any water that has been Spent or used water with dissolved or suspended solids, discharged from homes, commercial establishments, farms, and industries. This year’s campaign;” why waste water”, is about reducing and reusing waste water.

What can I do to reduce waste water?

Taking Simple steps will make a big difference. If you are not sure take a look at the following statistics.

• Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth – this can save 6 liters of water per minute.
• Fix a dripping tap. A dripping tap can waste 15 liters of water a day, or 5,500 liters of water a year.
• Water your garden with a watering can rather than a hosepipe. A hosepipe uses 1,000 liters of water an hour. Mulching your plants (with bark chippings, heavy compost or straw) and watering in the early morning and late afternoon will reduce evaporation and also save water.
• Collect used water from your kitchen sink or bath and use it to water your plants.

 

Why save water?

• Water saves life.
• Water is scarce
• Water costs money
• It preserves the environment

It’s easy and effortless.So Do save water.Do it for the sake of future generation. Do it for yourself.

 

Written by: Rtr. Akshila Anurangi