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Conservation of Water
Water is nature's most precious gift to mankind, and it is also the most abundant resource on the planet. Water covers approximately 72 percent of our planet. Water is so important in everyone's daily lives around the world, from drinking to washing clothes, animals, grains, cleaning, and so many other things, that eliminating water would mean the end of our species as we all depend on the necessity of water. It is also vital for the human body. Water is used by all of your cells, organs, and tissues to help with temperature regulation, staying hydrated, and maintaining bodily functions. Water also acts as a lubricant and cushions your joints. Water is beneficial to your overall health.
Unfortunately, only a small percentage of water is even usable by humans. 97% of water is in the oceans and it's too salty for use. And only about 3 percent of Earth's water is fresh and usable. Of the 3%, we only share about 1% of all the fresh water and the other 2% is frozen in icecaps and glaciers. That's all the water we'll ever have because we cannot produce water. Additionally, With the regular expanding weight of the human population, there has been serious tension on water resources. Negligence of customary water bodies like tanks and lakes, unpredictable and abuse of groundwater, and incorrect preservation of surface water systems have bothered the issue. Still further and is no doubt going to grow in the years to come.
"There's not a lot of water on Earth at all," said David Gallo, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Massachusetts.
In today's world, water conservation must be a serious issue that the human race must pay attention to. It should not be an issue to debate between every individual instead it is a matter of time that tells as a lesson that we must unite and help each other to solve and survive what problem we are facing now on water resources. It is, therefore, our responsibility to conserve our water supply, but also to keep it clean. Because the pollution of rivers, streams, and lakes reduces the supply of accessible freshwater. Humans can not use contaminated water. It can be fatal to our health. But not only that, it has contaminated fish and other wild animals. With populations growing and such a small percentage of all water that is safe for consumption, it makes sense to conserve and conserve this precious resource.
Saving water means handling our limited water supply carefully and taking care of it properly. Since each of us depends on water for life, it is our responsibility to learn more about how we conserve water and how we can help keep our sources clean and safe for generations. In other words, saving water is not a job for scientists, hydrologists, foresters, wildlife managers, town planners, farmers, or mine owners-it is up to each and every one of us to save water. Some of the steps anyone can take to conserve water resources include the following: (1) Check your toilet for leaks. Put a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If without flushing, the paint starts to appear in the container, you have a leak that can waste more than 100 liters of water a day. (2) Stop using your toilet as an ashtray or trash can (3) Put a plastic tan bottle on the toilet. Put an inch or two of sand or gravel at the bottom of a quart bottle to weigh it. Take the bottle of water and put it in the cistern, safely removed from the operating mechanism. In an average house, the bottle can store 5 gallons or more of water every day without compromising the efficiency of the toilet. If your tank is damaged, large enough, you can even put two bottles in it. (4) Take shorter showers. A typical shower uses five to ten gallons of water per minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to lather, wash, and get up. (5) Install water-saving showerheads or flow restrictors. Your local plumbing or hardware store has inexpensive showerheads or flow restrictors that will reduce your shower flow to about three gallons per minute instead of five to ten. (7) Turn off the water while brushing or shaving your teeth. (8) Check pipes, hoses, taps, and couplings for leaks. Leaks outside the home are easier to ignore because they don't pollute or hold back the floor. However, they can be even more wasteful than indoor water leaks, especially if they occur in the main water line. (9) Do not run the faucet while cleaning the vegetables. Instead, rinse the vegetables in a bowl or sink with clean water. (10) Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator. This puts an end to the wasteful practice of running tap water to cool down for drinking. (11) When washing dishes by hand, do not run the water to wash them; if you have two sinks, fill one with soapy water; if you only have one sink, collect all of the dishes you have washed in a drainer first, then quickly rinse them out with a sprayer or saucepan of water. (12) Tell and discouraged your children not to play with the hose, sprinklers, and faucet.
In general, it is important to conserve water because it keeps the water pure and clean while protecting the environment. Saving water means using our water supply wisely and responsibly. Since everyone depends on water for their livelihood, we have to learn to keep our water supplies limited. pure and away from pollution.
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David Gallo, how much water is on Earth?
