Paani Paani Re...

Have you ever given a thought about the approximate daily water consumption in a big city, or for that matter, in your city? Say, Pune, for instance, with its 4.5 million people requires 950 million litres of water daily.

Now that is huge. I was really shocked to learn these figures. What should concern a citizen is that all the water we get is purified for safety. And this purification doesn't come free of cost. Even if we leave aside the cost of chemicals required for purification, a months electricity requirements only mount up to a whopping Rs. 4 crore.

So the next time you decide to take a bath in that lavish shower of yours or leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, just think about this coz you don't get this water for free. All of us pay taxes to make up for this cost...

And, there are places where water is not available that freely. Even till a few years back, people in Akola had to buy water.

Even if all of us save just 1 litre of water daily, Pune saves 4.5 million litres...

These are very small things I thought of which all of us can easily practice and make a lot of difference :-

1. A shower wastes 6-7 times more water (120 lit) than the use of a bucket for bathing (20 lit)

2. Even while we using shower, turn off the tap when you don't require water

3. Turn off the tap while brushing or shaving

4. Turn off taps in public places, schools or officers if you happen to witness them running for no reason

Lets Save our Saviour...