Water is one of the things we need most besides air. Thank God water is plenty because three fourths of earth’s surface is covered with water. This is only a general fact and not all places on earth are having enough water Healthy potabie water is a rare commodity. Rivers may bring water and lakes may beis a rare commodity. Rivers may bring water and lakes may be having it. From the health view point, they may not be fit for drinking. Most of these waters are contaminated and may contain mineral as well as organic Impurities. Sometimes epidemic spreading bacteria like those causing cholera and typhoid victimize us. Nowadays the chances of contamination of water sources are quite common with industries coming up and sending out their effluents indiscriminately. So to make these waters potable, they must be treated before being supplied to the public.
Treating water and supplying it to a town or city adds cost. The water has to be filtered for suspended impurities and then chlorinated and then pumped to a storage tank from where the water is distributed through pipes. So, one must remember that when one draws water from the tap, one is actuallý buying or paying for water. This has become inevitable with the growth of cities and towns.
We should bear in mind that we are be careful in using water or not. There are many ways in which water is wasted. The tap may be leaky whereby water may be spilled. That means some periodic attention must be paid to the plumbing and leaky taps.The tap may be open and the water running out and nobody would care to stop it. Unless there is need, the tap must be kept closed. This must be particularly remembered when one leaves home on holiday. Otherwise throughout their absence, water may be flowing out. Just as we see if the electric mains are off so when we are away for some time so too is the water tap.
Major part of the water is used for bathing,washing and cleaning. In all these needs, water must be prudently used.Take bathing for instance, when one is scrubbing or appliying one’s body, the shower need not be running. Water econoomy must be remembered in the use of bath tubs. One need not be a Rhino to be in one’s bath for hours to end. This prudence in the use of water may be practised in washing and cleaning. Since these consume a lot of water . If the municipal corporation is affluent and water is in plenty, separate system supplying water for washing and cleaning alone can be managable.The industrial
houses must not be allowed to draw from public water system for their industrial use except for drinking water. One must bear in mind when one wastes water, one is depriving another of his share of water.
Good water may get scarcer in days to come. With the advent of rapid industrialization, contamination of water sources poses a threat. So, the industrial people must feel that it is their duty not to add to water pollution. In areas of acute water scaricity steps may be taken for I recycling water. We should remember that one of the casualties of the so called modernization is that
we have to pay for nature’s goods like water. We should consider our welfare in the welfare of others.
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