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Did you know that the water you drank this
morning might have been the same water a
dinosaur drank millions of years ago?
There is the same amount of water on Earth
today as there has always been. The water
keeps moving around in an endless cycle
called the water cycle.

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 Moisture
Precipitation over land
Moisture
over land
Evapotranspiration

Evaporation Evaporation

Evaporation from
ocean

Soil Moisture

Infiltration
 D T H E
T ER A N
ON W A .
E N D S N Y O U
D E P D S O N
LIFE IR D EP EN
L I FE I S O
E R VO S O U R
RES W A TE R A
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S K
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IF WE WILL
NOT SAVE
WATER
,OUR
FUTURE
WILL BE IN
DESERT.
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Pollution of water

 DOMESTIC POLLUTION
Safe water supply
Sanitation – open defecation
Drainage
Solid waste disposal

 AGRICULTURE POLLUTION
Pesticides
Fertilisers
Over extraction of ground water
 Water and health
 The body is comprised of 75%of
water.
 We cannot live without water for
more than 24 hours.
 1.8 million people die from diarrhea
death where 90% are children.
 88% is attributed to unsafe water
supply, inadequate sanitation and
hygiene.
Amount of fresh water in the world …

Of all the water on Earth, only a small amount is

available for us to use. It's true!

96.5% of the Earth's water supply is salt water.

Only 2.8% is fresh water!

• That 2.8% is divided like this:

• 0.76% is groundwater (we can use some of this
water)
• 0.0132% is in lakes and streams (we can use some of
this water)
• 1.74% is in glaciers and icecaps
• 0.001% is water vapor
 Sanitation

 Don’t defecate in the open

 Always wash yourself
 Use toilets where they are
 Don’t defecate near water sources
 Dispose of your waste in a responsible manner
 Reuse your bathing water
 Environment

 Don’t throw your household waste near drinking

water sources
 Clean your house and surroundings daily
 Don’t throw paper, plastic, households wastes
into open drains that run through the street
 Throw litter into a bin and dispose of it properly
 Don’t cut down trees but grow more plants
 See that the drains are not blocked
 In 1955, an Indian citizen had 5000 cubic
meters of water at her disposal. Today she
has less than 1500 and it will get lesser in
the future.
 More than 1 billion people in the world
have no access to improved water sources
and nearly 2/3 live in Asia.
HOW CAN
WE SAVE
WATER?

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Saving water starts with you
 Wash fruits, vegetables in a pan of water
rather than running water
 Collect the water you use for rinsing
produce and reuse it to water houseplants.
 Check your water meter and track your bills
-RAIN WATER HARVESTING.
-WATERLESS CAR WASHES
-DRIP IRRIGATION
-HIGH EFFICIENCY CLOTHES WASHERS
-GARDEN-HOZE NOZZLES

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Methods of saving water

Rain water harvesting in Chennai

and Bangalore
 MADE BY-
MANRAAJ SINGH

SUBMITTED TO-
MRS.JAPNEET KAUR
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