WAT

“There is pleasure in the pathless woods,

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more,
From these our interviews, in which I steal
From all I may be, or have been before,
To mingle with the Universe, and feel
What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.”
Lord Byron
 besides
necessary, is
connected to
our lives in a
very strong
But people don’t
always think that
water is our source
of life.
 ...And water is not
mankind source of life.
It’s the world’s source
of life. How did this
situation begin after
all?
• Since the earliest times mankind usually lets waste
run into watercourses. Until the Industrial
Revolution, however, this proceeding would not
cause problems, (...) Water became a victim of a
large number of elements which are not
biodegradable, that is, are not broken down by
nature. Such elements - for example, plastics, the
majority of detergents and pesticides – are
accumulated in the rivers, lakes and oceans, (…)
This causes the elimination of some species of fish,
the proliferation of other and, in some cases, the
destruction of all.
One of the largest poluents of the oceans is oil. With the
intense traffic of oil tankers, this type of pollution reaches
extremely high levels, over and above the leaks caused by
accident, in which thousands of tons of oil are discharged in
the water, ships let loose oil at sea, eliminating lots of fish
species. These residues of oil thrown into the sea with the
washing water represent approximately 0, 4 to 0, 5% of the
total charge.
As we can see, water is polluted every single second by men –
a specie created thanks to water.
 Fresh water…
…meets the remaining 2.4% of the
total water in the world. You consider
just 2.4%is enough? So attend to this:
only 0.31% of 2.4% is not concentrated
at the poles in the form of ice. To go over
the main points: of all the water on the
surface of the earth less than 0.02% is
available in rivers and lakes in the form
of fresh water ready for human daily
use.
 world needs our
help. In 50 years,
we’ll probably run
out of water. Then,
people will be
worried. But it will
Only 87% of the world’s population has
acess to fresh water. In africa, someone
is dying every second due to a
dehydrated body. Some babies don’t
even have the chance to be one month
olded. And while european, australian,
and australian babies are glad to have a
new toy, some of the babies in Africa
and Asia are glad just to be drinking
water. And even happier if they have the
chance to know their mother , because
 Saving Water
Indoors
Never put water down the drain when there may be another use for it
such as watering a plant or garden, or cleaning.

Repair dripping faucets by replacing washers. If your faucet is dripping

at the rate of one drop per second, .

Avoid flushing the toilet unnecessarily. Dispose of tissues, insects and

other such waste in the trash rather than the toilet.

Take shorter showers.

Don't let water run while shaving or washing your face. Brush your teeth
first while waiting for water to get hot, then wash or shave after filling
the basin.
 Saving Water
Indoors
Operate automatic dishwashers and clothes washers only when
they are fully or loaded..

When washing dishes by hand, fill one sink or basin with

soapy water.

Store drinking water in the refrigerator rather than letting the

tap run every time you want a cool glass of water.

Do not use running water to thaw meat or other frozen foods.

Defrost food overnight in the refrigerator or by using the
defrost setting on your microwave.
 Saving Water
outdoors
Don't water your street, driveway or sidewalk. Position your
sprinklers so that your water lands on the lawn and shrubs ...
not the paved areas.

Do not hose down your driveway or sidewalk. Use a broom to

clean leaves and other debris from these areas. Using a hose to
clean a driveway can waste hundreds of gallons of water.
 save
Save water.

lives.