It is for the information of all that water is the basic necessity of life and we as a human being have a very basic most important responsibility to “manage the use of water and not to waste a single drop”.
Water-Related challenges
- 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
- Almost 2 billion people depend on health care facilities without basic water services (WHO/UNICEF 2020)
- Over half of the global population or 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
- 297,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water. (WHO/UNICEF 2019)
- 2 billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress. (UN 2019)
- 90 per cent of natural disasters are weather-related, including floods and droughts. (UNISDR)
- 80 per cent of wastewater flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused. (UNESCO, 2017)
- Around two-thirds of the world’s transboundary rivers do not have a cooperative management framework.
- Agriculture accounts for 70 per cent of global water withdrawal.
You are advised to read and try to implement on yourself and educate others with the following tips of Water Saving. Share it with your family, colleagues and friends, do your part to help in “saving the water!”. It is our common responsibility to save water and help in reducing its wastages, even if we have an abundant supply of water at our home. The purpose should be to give a responsible message to our future generation and help them realize the importance of water.
