Water Conservation What are its Does it cost a lot What Does the strategy offer a long-

Strategy good or bad of money? are the term solution? Explain your
effects on the possible answer.
environment effects
? Cite an or
example and impact
explain of this
briefly. strategy
on the
culture
and
practice
s of the
people?
Briefly
explain
your
answer.
1. Desalination of sea water If renewable Yes, desalinated In recent years, seawater reverse
energy water costs osmosis
sources are roughly around (SWRO) desalination — the
not used for $2,000 per acre process of extracting
freshwater foot — about the fresh water from ocean
processing, amount of water water using semi-permeable
desalination used by a family of membrane technology — has
has the ability five in a year. emerged as a long-term,
to increase affordable solution.
fossil fuel
dependency,
increase
greenhouse
gas pollution,
and accelerate
climate
change.
Surface water
intakes by
solar farms
pose a
significant
hazard to
marine life. It
induces fish
migration
while
 increasing the
presence of
algae,
nematodes,
and tiny
mollusks.
2. Rainwater harvesting However the cost
varies widely
depending on the
availability of
existing structures
like wells and
tanks which can be
modified and used
for water
harvesting.
Typically, installing
a water
harvesting system
in a building would
cost between Rs
2,000 to 30,000 for
buildings of about
300 sq.