IMPORTANCE OF WATER CONSERVATION
IMPORTANCE OF WATER
CONSERVATION
By- Antarjit Das
Class-VIII
Don Bosco H.S School,
Kokrajhar
INTRODUCTION:
India is always trying
its best to supply water to all the states, districts, towns, cities, villages,
i.e., reaching to all its fellow citizens. Yet, many areas still continue to
starve for proper drinking water. Why is this happening in spite of that we have
a total of 5,202 major dams and 231 working water treatments units and plants?
This poor situation of water processing in our country has been slowly creating
a huge negative impact on our valuable human resources. Many scientists,
beginner researchers, engineers and our fellow citizens have been continuously
engaging themselves in different water conservation techniques. Some have their
own home remedies, while some carry out deep research on various projects for
water conservation. The Government has also been trying to conserve water through
their many governmental projects.
REQUIREMENT OF WATER
CONSERVATION:
So the main question
arises that why actually should we conserve water? Well, many people might
think that water is unlimited in the Earth’s surface. But, actually it’s not.
The seawater (which gets evaporated by the heat energy of the sun, condenses to
form clouds, then gets filled with water droplets and brings precipitation in
the form of rain, hail and snow) falls back on the surface of the Earth in
ponds, rivers and lakes. We consume the water from those water sources. The
water from the rivers gradually meets at seas and oceans and the same process
continues. We are quite familiar with this process by the name, ‘Water Cycle’.
We conclude that water is limited on the Earth’s surface because of the Water
Cycle.
Fig.1(Pictorial representation of the Water Cycle)
Source- Google Images
However, only one reason
might not satisfy us at all. There are a million reasons for conservation of
water. Many of us use water as a natural resource and implement it for
producing electricity. Also wastage of water might lead us to pay out a
horribly long water bill; water conservation might be the only option then. The
most important of all is that we can’t actually survive without drinking water.
Many of us might have the phrase that we can survive for more than a month
without food, but not longer than a week without water. This might be true too.
We always require to be hydrated by drinking liquids. This will help us to keep
our body temperature constant by releasing sweat from the sweat glands in our
body, which gets evaporated in hot temperature and keeps us cool.
MECHANISMS INVENTED BY
VARIOUS INDIANS FOR WATER CONSERVATION:
Some of our fellow
people in India have solemnly resolved themselves to implement such things in
their life which can make everyone go WOW. Many of them fall in the category of
Water Conservation…
·
Many of our own farmers have created an innovation in which
they pump their water to the fields using their bicycle. They ride the bicycle
in one place; the wheel rotates and generates enough energy to pull a piston
from under the ground which acts like mechanism of a hand pump. The piston
sucks out ground water from around 10-20 metres under the ground and releases
the water out through a pipe which either might be connected to a tank or will
be above the tank from where the water will fall into it [1].
Fig.2(Bicycle powered pump)
Source-Google Images
·
Around 10-20 percent of India (13.392 Crore- 26.784 Crore)
people implement rainwater harvesting in their homes. This helps them to save
every drop of rain water that falls into their home’s rooftops. This process
has been continued till today starting from the 10-11th century, from
the time of the Chola kings [2].
·
Many beginner arduino learners might want to implement this
technique. Take an Arduino Uno, attach a moisture sensor on the breadboard and
other required things like a lever like button, LEDs and wires, connect the
arduino to the PC with IDE app installed on it and then program the arduino to
turn on a water pump if the moisture sensor senses the moisture level of less
than 88 kpa under the fertile soil. Again, program the arduino to turn off the
water pump if the moisture level is more than 100 kpa. In this way, we can conserve
extra water when the soil doesn’t require any more water.
·
Span Pumps Pvt. Ltd has specially created such pumps which
are attached to see- saws and merry-go-rounds in schools, parks, fairs, etc.
When children ride on the see-saws, they would actually be pumping out ground
water to water tanks. They would not even feel that they are helping to pump
water while they enjoy the see-saws. This creates a ’Play, Help, Learn’ like
moral in their mind [3].
Fig.3(See-Saw Pumps by Span Pumps Pvt. Ltd)
Source- Google Images
Not only 4 mechanisms
are ‘Made In India’. There are lakhs of inventions made in India which are
helping to conserve tons of water recently. Many Indian Minds are growing and
many more inventions are left to be done.
GOVERNMENTAL AND
NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS CONDUCTED AND PLANNED TO CONSERVE AND CLEAN WATER AND
ITS SOURCES:
The Indian Government
has been still trying to conserve this very important resource from completely
depleting from our entire planet. Our government has been taking various steps,
conducting different projects to conserve the water…
·
The Save Ganga Movement is a non-profit movement started in
1998 by Smt. R. Rauta and other members of the NWO (National Women Organization)
to conserve the river Ganga and its many tributaries from getting polluted by
the nearby pollutants. It is supported by many saints, social activists,
political leaders and our fellow citizens.
·
Many NGOs and other institutions have planted eucalyptus
plants near eutrophic lakes and ponds which have an excess growth of algae,
which take up almost all the oxygen of the water there and finally pollutes it.
Eucalyptus absorbs surplus wastewater very quickly and then releases pure
oxygenated water vapor. In this way, the water will become pure from algae and
also pure oxygen will be available to us.
Fig.4(Eutrophic Lake)
Source- Google Images
·
According to Mr.
Parameshwar Iyer, honorable secretary of the
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in India, the Jal Shakti
Abhiyaan is going to become a major governmental project which will be focusing
on water conservation, rainwater harvesting, Renovation of water bodies and
reuse of waste water [4].
WAYS BY WHICH WE CAN
CONSERVE WATER:
It is not necessary that
you need to make up some sorts of innovations and discoveries and inventions
and other stuff. We can also conserve lakhs of tons of water by just a punch of
hard work, self- determination and most importantly, by changing our daily
lifestyle a little bit. This can be done in many ways. Some of them are as
follows…
·
Every day million tons of water get drained down from our
homes from the bathrooms, basins and sinks. Therefore, we should always close
off the tap and not let water fall from it while brushing our teeth or shaving
beards. We should also try to use as much less shower as we can for bathing and
use of bucket and mug is advised for total water conservation.
·
While cleaning our cars and other vehicles, we should try
to use a mug instead of hose pipes.
·
The most effective way possible for water conservation
might be rain water harvesting. Using a few materials, we can actually make a
very simple rainwater harvesting system. You might only require some long pipes
and a water tank with a filter in it. Such simple rainwater harvesting system for
one house shall not cost more than Rs. 30000. Very Simple, but very effective
and useful too.
Fig.5(Pictorial Representation of Rain Water Harvesting)
Source-Google Images
·
Check your bathrooms, toilets, basins, taps and tubs often
for any leakage in the pipes.
·
In order to clean the nearby roadways and footpaths, a
broom is to be advised for usage instead of any hose pipes because using hose
pipes waste a lot of water.
·
If you have a cooler in your homes, use the drained water
to water the plants.
There are many other
ways by which we can preserve water from totally depleting from Earth.
CONCLUSION:
Though there is a lot of
scarcity of water around the whole world, we are effectively trying our best
for solving the problem. As the world gets closer to the future, new machines,
mechs and techs will be made by different people around the world. A closer
look towards some of the most effective practices might surely lead us to
success in life.
REFERENCES:
[1] Reference from an
article by:
[2] Researched from
Google.
[3]Reference from an
article by:
[4]Reference from a news
report on the official website of Economic Times:
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