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Importance of water
by \| 01-03-2016 02:26 0
Water is very important. With two thirds of the earth's surface covered by water and the human body consisting of 75 percent of it, it is evidently clear that water is one of the prime elements responsible for life on earth. Water circulates through the land just as it does through the human body, transporting, dissolving, replenishing nutrients and organic matter, while carrying away waste material. Further in the body, it regulates the activities of fluids, tissues, cells, lymph, blood and glandular secretions. An average adult body contains 42 litres of water and with just a small loss of 2.7 litres he or she can suffer from dehydration, displaying symptoms of irritability, fatigue, nervousness, dizziness, weakness, headaches and consequently reach a state of pathology. Dr F. Batmanghelidj, in his book 'your body's many cries for water', gives a wonderful essay on water and its vital role in the health of a water 'starved' society. He writes: "Since the 'water' we drink provides for cell function and its volume requirements, the decrease in our daily water intake affects the efficiency of cell activity........as a result chronic dehydration causes symptoms that equal disease..." Our drinking water today, far from being pure, contains some two hundred deadly commercial chemicals. Add to that bacteria, viruses, inorganic minerals (making the water hard) and you have a chemical cocktail that is unsuitable (if not deadly) for human consumption. John Archer in his book 'THE WATER YOU DRINK, HOW SAFE IS IT ?' refers to an estimate of 60,000 tonnes of fifty different chemicals being deliberately added annually to Australia's water. So it is our, environmentalist's duty to join hands to conserve one of the very important element, water. This is how we can do it to some extent. NRDC experts are helping to secure safe and sufficient water for people and the environment by: Promoting water efficiency strategies to help decrease the amount of water wasted Protecting our water from pollution by defending the Clean Water Act and advocating for solutions like green infrastructure Helping prepare cities, counties and states for water-related challenges they will face as a result of climate change and Ensuring that waterways have enough water to support vibrant aquatic ecosystems Drawing on existing protections in the Clean Water Act, and working to ensure that the law's pollution control programs apply to all important waterways, including headwater streams and wetlands, which provide drinking water for 117 million Americans Improving protections to reduce pollutants like bacteria and viruses, which threaten Americans' health and well being and Establishing new pollution limits for top problem areas, such as sources of runoff and sewage overflows.

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anil kumar says :
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Posted 12-12-2018 20:21

anil kumar says :
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Posted 12-12-2018 20:19

says :
Fahad, thank you for writing! I absolutely agree with your idea. Also, preserving water is not only limited to drinking water. The sea is immensely polluted and getting polluted every second by human activities. And out of no where, there was this dutch guy that came up with brilliant Idea to install cleaning mechanism using the current. I think you'll enjoy this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROW9F-c0kIQ

there're also more videos regarding his idea and crowd funding sites if you're interested :D
Posted 09-03-2016 16:07

says :
Fahad, thanks for sharing your valuable ideas about how water is so necessary for sustaining human life and even our global society. I totally agree that it is hard to drink clear water nowadays, though it may be the very basic condition and rights for us to live.
Next time, how about introducing us real life examples that contribute in reducing the amount of water wasted and even purifiying the contaminated water? I suppose there are actual items or technologies that are developed to work for those purposes. I can also assure that people are already working hard to solve these environmental problems, though it may be insignificant at first.
Anyway, keep up the great work :-)
Posted 04-03-2016 14:26

says :
Yes, do not waste water. Its really getting scarce.
Posted 01-03-2016 22:40

Arushi Madan says :
True. Water is life, let's use it judiciously. #Conservewater.
Thanks for highlighting water importance.
Posted 01-03-2016 03:11