Saving water starts with you
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so
imagine that the dewy
green grass vanishes into nothingness
only leaving a parched ground behind
the white snowy glaciers reveal
bare red earth
and the lush plants and trees
have not a single speck a vibrant color
and bright leaves that it once did
you weigh under the tap for hours
desperate only define the bounty
of one drip
your throat is so dehydrated it starts
to become
tender and sore
though we are not living in this
difficult lifestyle
the time is near if we continue
to use water unwisely
water is crucial to the survival of
all living things
but did you know
that only 2.5 of the world’s waters is
fresh water
and only 1.2 percent out of that 2.5
percent of fresh water is safe to drink
the rest is undrinkable
suck under glacier soil
ice caps and permafrost
here in canada we are lucky
we simply turn on a lever the tap to get
uncontaminated and drinkable water
but in the future it may not
be so simple
every year that precious 1.2 percent
of fresh water is diminishing
and current studies show that around
2050
all fresh water in the world will vanish
threatening all human and animal
populations
those are harsh predictions so
what can we all do
we need to be conscious of
our use of water and start saving water
as the precious resource that it is
saving water isn’t difficult
you can still help the world
significantly by just doing simple
actions
turning the tap off only takes a second
taking a one minute shorter shower is
just as easy as making toast
and collecting rainwater isn’t too hard
and we can all start now
let me share with you some simple ways
to conserve water
that our family does at home
collecting rainfall is the first step
we are fortunate to live in vancouver
where the average rainfall
is over 50 inches or in other words
1 200 millimeters
so collecting rainwater isn’t just
important it is also easy
in our family we have buckets large
containers
and water barrels we put on the pavement
we collect the rain water and reuse it
to wash our car and to water our plants
it’s simple effective
and efficient
secondly we can store and reuse water
i’m sure we all like to have warm
showers
but we all know that the water isn’t
immediately warm
when we turn the shower on
what happens to all that water
do we just let it go down the drain
why we could save that water and reuse
it later
in our family we have buckets we use to
collect that water and we reuse the
water
to wash our hands wash the produce
and mop the floors we can just simply
turn
the tap off when we brush our teeth
i learned from my parents early on to
not leave the tap on while brushing
and this helped me save more or less
35 000 liters of water in total
and let’s not forget leaky taps
we should fix them because they waste
about 300 liters
of precious water in just one day
and while you’re waiting for the plumber
collect that water
and reuse it
we can save titanic amounts of water
if we are just slightly more mindful in
our day
to day lives
we are just one household
but together our collective actions
can make a lasting impact
so make it your responsibility to save
water
every day we have the future in our
hands
and the first step is to take action
i hope you will join me in transforming
our wasteful water habits into one
of conscious conservancy
thank you