Shivanks Conservation of Water at Home

22 May 2013

Do you leave the water running everyday?

Water is vital to humans and the environment, as it is needed to sustain our daily lives. Water is needed as it is used for many purposes such as drinking cooking, washing and watering the plants however as time passes we never fail to hear that certain parts of the world are facing water crisis. In fact a good example would be how our community within the Ampang region faced water shortage on January 7,2013 which caused difficulties to residents living around Ampang. According to news source the water shortage was due to a faulty water pump operated by Syabas, Selangor

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As we all know, water is our most precious resource. All living things wouldnt be able to survive without water. Water has a vast use hence we must ensure that the water supply that we get is unpolluted and is always clean to use. Water can be used for building constructions, generation of steam for industrial use and helps the environment by growing crops. Nearly of the earths surface is covered with water. Also 70% of human body is made up of water. The two main sources of water is ground water, which is water that lies under the surface of the land. This happens when rain falls and the water sinks down to the ground. The other source would be surface water, which is the most common source that is used by people. Water can be obtained from many sources such as ocean, rivers, lakes, streams, ponds and rainwater.

Shivank has worked on the conservation of water for his yearlong project. The aim of this project was to look for methods to reduce usage of water at home. He and his family had tried several ways and he personally think it was a success as the data he had collected over the past few months showed reduction in the usage of water in his home. He and his family had been keeping a record of the water consumption since August 2012 till March 2013.

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Based on table 1, it can see that there was decrease in the usage of water from August 2012 to December 2012. However, Shanks water usage increased from December 2012 to January 2013 by 3 cubic meters. Then from January 2013 to March2013 it decreased by 1 cubic meter, which is a good sign of reduction in water consumption.

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Calculations to figure out how much water Shivank consumes? Y intercept = 20 Ordered pairs( 0, 20) (6,19) (20-19)/(0-6)=-1/6 Y=-1/6x+20 10=-1/6x+20 -6(-10)=-6/1(-1/6x) 60=x (months after August)
In the above line graph it can see that there was decrease in the usage of water from August 2012 to December 2012. However, Shivank; s water usage since January 2013 till March 2013 is almost in the same region. Shivanks prediction was to save 10 cubic meters and he and his family had succeeded it.

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Shivank managed to save water during the first few months as he and his family practiced several ways of conserving water such as they reduced shower time to 5minutes instead of taking longer time. For gardening Shivank used rainwater for the plants. Also when it comes to do the laundry Shivank make sures that he only does it when there is a full load. The washing machine is always on save mode. The reason why the water usage increased in January 2013 is because Shivank had guests coming over to live in his home and now there were more people instead of just four of his family members.

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Shivank aims to conserve water to 10 cubic meters per month. According to him these are some ways that can be done, for instance repairing leaky faucet tap if necessary, turning the water while brushing teeth, checking for toilet leakage every now and then by using dye tablet in the flush tank and watched to see if the dye seeps into the bowl. Lastly Shivank and his family got to educate the housemaid to reduce the water consumption by turning off the tap at kitchen sink while washing off utensils and only turning on the tap when needed.