Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Value of Water in Life
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 potable water is a rare commodity. Rivers may bring water and lakes may be a rare commodity. Rivers may bring water and lakes may be having it. From a health viewpoint, 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 portable, 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 careful about 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 a 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.
A 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 applying one's body, the shower need not be running.
The water economy must be remembered in the use of bathtubs. 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 practiced in washing and cleaning. Since these consume a lot of water.
If the municipal corporation is affluent and water is in plenty, a separate
system supplying water for washing and cleaning alone can be manageable. The industrial
houses must not be allowed to draw from the 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, scarcity steps may be taken for 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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