International World Water Day - How to Save Water?
The festival of Holi is coming up, so has International World Water Day arrived. How are these days related? We know well… 22 March of every year is celebrated as International World Water Day. This day focuses on the importance and management of freshwater resources. Three fourth of the earth consists of water of which only 1% is available for use. It is this fresh water that is utilized to drink, wash, irrigate farms etc and hence it is very important for our survival. However, the fresh water level has begun to drop across various countries. While the global population increased by about four times between 1900 and 2000, the global water usage saw a six fold increase. Thus water conservation is necessary to safeguard this fresh water from drying up completely. Less water will mean less food. This will lead not only to people dying of water-borne diseases, but also to people dying from starvation and malnutrition. Source: http://energyprosandcons.org So it is the res...