CHAP:14 WATER

BY TOPAZ GROUP OF CLASS 6E

 MEMBERS

• AKSHAY KRISHNA
• ANAKHA. S
• ASWATHY
• KEERTHANA PRAMOD
• JEEVAN VARGHESE
• HANOCH THOMAS
 WHAT IS WATER?

• IT IS A CLEAR LIQUID THAT HAS NO COLOR, TASTE NOR

SMELL.
• IT CAN BE SEEN IN VARIOUS FORMS SUCH AS IN THE
FORM OF ICE, WATER VAPOUR ETC...
• WE USE WATER MAINLY FOR DRINKING, NOT ONLY THAT
WE USE WATER FOR MANY OTHER PURPOSES TOO.
• EVERY LIVING ORGANISM IN THE EARTH NEEDS WATER
TO LIVE.
“HOW MUCH WATER DO WE USE DAILY”
HOW MUCH WATER DO WE
USE DAILY.
• WE USE WATER NOT ONLY FOR DRINKING,
FOR OTHER DIFFERENT USES TOO. EG
WASHING CLOTHES, TOILETS, GARDENS
ETC... THESE USES OF WATER MAKES IT
ESSENTIAL FOR EVERYONES LIFES.
 WHERE DO WE GET WATER
FROM?
• WERE DO WE GET WATER FROM? HAVE YOU EVER
WONDERED ABOUT IT? SOME OF US MAY SAY “WE DRAW
WATER FROM A RIVER SPRING, POND, WELL OR A HAND
PUMP”. SOMEOTHERS MIGHT SAY “WE GET WATER FROM
TAPS”.WATER THAT WE GET FROM TAPS ARE ALSO DRAWN
FROM A LAKE OR A RIVER OR A WELL. THEN, IT IS SUPPLIED
THROUGH A NETWORK OF PIPES.
 WATER CYCLE

• THE WATER CYCLE DESCRIBES HOW WATER EVAPORATES FROM THE SURFACE OF
THE EARTH, RISES INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, COOLS AND CONDENSES INTO RAIN
OR SNOW IN CLOUDS, AND FALLS AGAIN TO THE SURFACE AS PRECIPITATION.
 HOW CAN WE CONSERVE
WATER
• ONLY A SMALL FRACTION OF WATER AVAILABLE ON THE
EARTH IS FIT FOR USE OF PLANTS, ANIMALS AND HUMANS.
THE WATER IN THE OCEAN CANNOT BE USED DIRECTLY. THE
DEMAND OF WATER IS INCREASING DAY-BY-DAY. THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE USING WATER IS RISING WITH INCREASING
POPULATION.THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER REMAINS THE
SAME, BUT, THE WATER AVAILABLE FOR USE IS VERY LIMITED
AND DECREASING WITH OVER USAGE.
 WAYS TO CONSERVE WATER

• CHECK YOUR TOILETS FOR LEAKS.

• TURN OF THE TAP WHILE BRUSHING OUR TEETHS.
• WASH FULL LOADS ONLY.
• USE A BUCKET INSTEAD OF USING A SHOWER.
• USE A WATERING CAN TO WATER THE PLANTS.
 RAIN WATER HARVESTING

• ONE WAY OF INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER

IS TO COLLECT RAINWATER AND STORE IT FOR LATER
USE. COLLECTING RAIN WATER IN THIS WAY IS CALLED
RAIN WATER HARVESTING. THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND
RAINWATER HARVESTING IS “CATCH WATER WHERE IT
FALLS”.
 TWO TECHNIQUES OF WATER
HARVESTING
• 1.ROOFTOP RAINWATER HARVESTING: IN THIS SYSTEM, THE
RAINWATER IS COLLECTED FROM THE ROOFTOP TO A STORAGE TANK,
THROUGH PIPES. THIS WATER MAY CONTAIN SOIL FROM THE ROOF
AND NEED FILTERING BEFORE IT IS USED. INSTED OF COLLECTING
RAINWATER IN THE TANK, THE PIPES CAN GO DIRECTLY INTO A PIT IN
THE GROUND.
• 2.THE ANOTHER OPTION WE HAVE IS TO ALLOW THE RAINWATER TO
GO INTO THE GROUND DIRECTLY FROM THE ROADSIDE DRAINS THAT
COLLECT RAINWATER.
 BACK TO THE
BY KEERTHANA PRAMOD

OCEAN
WHAT IF IT DOESN’T RAIN
FOR A LONG TIME.
 WHAT IF IT DOESN’T RAIN
FOR A LONG TIME?
• WHEN LITTLE OR NO RAIN FALLS, SOILS CAN DRY OUT
AND PLANTS CAN DIE. WHEN RAINFALL IS LESS THAN
NORMAL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, MONTHS, OR YEARS, THE
FLOW OF STREAMS AND RIVERS DECLINES, WATER
LEVELS IN LAKES AND RESERVOIRS FALL, AND THE
DEPTH TO WATER IN WELLS INCREASES.