You might be aware of the below facts but we all should know the importance and value of our natural resources.
Water covers 70% of the Earth, but only 3% of it is clean
and suitable for human consumption.
There are two situations..First, you are alone and miles
away from your house and looking for water but there is no one who is selling
or helping with it. Situation 2 - A lady is spreading water in front of her
house to making it clean but after 2
hours when bikes and people ll pass away you find that front as it was before
cleaning, So what is the point of taking extra responsibility when govt has
appointed sweeper for every lane in colonies. This is total a waste of water.
(I’m a witness of this scene every morning while returning from office)
Yes, I have faced this situation while my trekking to Triund
(Mcleodganj) . I was thirsty and the water bottle was carried away by another
friend who was far ahead from me. Those
3 hours of trek was very tough with dry throat. Every second I was thinking the
importance of water that how valuable it could be in situation like these. It’s
not only me, we all have faced these kind of situations in our life but still
we hardly care when we see that our water tanks are full and water following
24hrs through taps unnecessary .
Neither the Govt going to fine you nor the god will curse
you; it is all up to us that how we use these natural resources. We all knows
that making purify water is not free, there are machines and chemicals which
make water purify and govt. bears the cost of all these procedures.
We all knows that how to save and preserve water but who
want to bother himself as we are not dying and facing any drought situation
yet. We human (most intelligent living being) don’t understand or care about
the things or situations until we face the loss or troubles.
We all are so blind
faith and believe in so stupid rituals that trowing stuff in ganges or Yamuna will
be make their life better and the next
day we blame our govt tht water is not clean and smelling bad.
We need to save water for our future generations and for a
healthy survival of our planet. But do all of us understand that? I fear not.
Most of the people are either unaware of the gravity of this situation or are
too lazy to do anything about it. Some may think that what difference it will
make if a single person starts taking the action while some others don’t even
realize how much of water they are wasting every day. Here are few ways by
which people waste water most commonly. If any of it sounds familiar please
stop doing it, immediately.
Read all the
following points mentioned below that how we can save the unnecessary use of
water.
1.
Bathing - “You must bath at least once a day”,
if this is what your mom taught you in childhood then she missed upon a very
important message. You must get cleaned every day but make sure you are not
wasting too much water while doing it. Taking a bath misuses gallons of water
which can be saved if you take a shower. A shower uses only 1/5th
the amount of water which is required for a bath. So one must get the habit of
showering from early on and the showers should also be not very long and turn
it on just to rinse your body not while putting on soap.
2.
Running water while brushing teeth –This is so
far the most common habit that people have, leading to wastage of water. And
very simple is the way to avoid it.
3.
Using Hot Water - Having a hot water bath while
relaxing in your bathtub seems to be a pretty tempting thing. But did anyone
tell you that hot water uses a lot more water and energy than your normal tap
water. Turning on the hot water knob just for comfort isn’t a very good idea
and save it only when it becomes absolutely necessary, otherwise stick to the
tap water in order to conserve this resource.
4.
Shaving -
We tend to keep the tap on while shaving which is completely avertable. If one
is using the sink while shaving then it should be filled only till the halfway
which can be used to wash off the blade.
5.
Flushing
- Flushing does seem like an essential and a sanitary thing to do every time
you use the toilet. But a single flush can expense 10 gallons of water. And it
is actually not required every time you visit the bathroom. Flushing can be
avoided when it is not completely necessary, or when there is no stool to be
washed off, you may add a mug of water to keep the toilet stink free without
wasting too much water.
6.
Sprinklers and Fountains- A lush green lawn is
liked by all but keeping it green may not be good for the environment. If the
sprinklers in the lawn are turned on unnecessarily then a lot of water gets
wasted. It’s advisable to turn on the sprinkler only when required and it
should be adjusted well so that the water doesn’t flow out to the pavement.
Just like sprinklers, fountains are also a source of water wastage. Some
fountains have water constantly flowing in them and draining out to get wasted.
It should be avoided.
7.
Dish washing - Even while washing your daily
dishes you waste up on so much of water. An Electronic dishwasher uses up to 10
gallons of water but doing the dishes by hand can waste even more. So it’s good
to invest in an electrical dishwasher. But if one washes the dishes by hand
then it should NOT be done with water running. The scrubbing can be done
without water, and water is required only to rinse of the soap at the end.
Moreover, the rinsing should be done with all the dishes together and not one
at a time.
Also we should control on use of waters in
office or any public areas as we all knows that office owner or authorities
will pay for the usage so do not take advantage if on other’s expenses.
Thanks for your time to read my blog. Also you can post
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Cheers!
Ravi Jain