India Youth For Society“People like to save money at every step. If only they had the same concern for saving water, more people would have ac...

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India Youth For Society
“People like to save money at every step. If only they had the same concern for saving water, more people would have access to safe drinking water,” rues Appala Reddy, a member of India Youth For Society (IYFS), a city-based environmental organisation.

After organising awareness walks for World Water Day last year, this time IYFS tried a more hands-on approach. They partnered with the Residential Welfare Association of MVP Colony Sector 11 and conducted an open-for-all workshop to encourage people not to overlook minor water leakages and make harvest pits at home.

IYFS asked residents if they had leaky taps at home. “Most of the residents have at least one leaky tap because it is hard to find plumbers to carry out small tasks,” says 40-year old Appala.

You can start saving water at home:
The water used for rinsing vegetables/rice can be reused to water plants
Have a bucket bath; showering uses up a lot more water
Check taps regularly. Even one leaky tap repaired means gallons of water saved
Try to use natural shampoos/cleansers. This way the runaway water will not harm the groundwater and the soil
Swab your floors every alternate day instead of every day
The workshop also cautioned people about depleting ground water. Bonam Prasad, a city-based civil urged them to build water-harvesting pits.

As per the State government, all homes that are 300 square metres or more should harvest rainwater. The deadline was set for June 2001, however it hasn’t been implemented. “If every resident invested ₹15,000 to ₹30,000 for rainwater harvesting we could change the fate of our future generations,” says Bonam.

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https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/this-is-what-went-down-on-the-world-water-day-in-visakhapatnam/article26609174.ece