Water: Gift of Nature
Water the most auspicious and precious gift given by nature to living beings on this planet and for which he doesn’t demand any return gift. It has a fundamentally beneficial influence on our lives as one cannot imagine life on the Earth without water. Water plays an indispensable role in our daily life as the large proportion of water is used for industrial and farming sectors living beings on Earth. Our planet contain 70% of water but only 2% of them are usable to the living beings, and moreover 75% of 2% fresh water is in the form of river, glaciers, etc. That means only about .3% is there for drinking, washing and wasting, etc. One can see that the amount of Fresh Water in very less, and the demand of Fresh water is much more. But then also, we are wasting the fresh water like it is infinite but it is exhausting at the speed just like the speed of sand when slips from our hand. One should understand if he/she waste this, the most precious gift of nature then the whole planet will suffer. Water is the most important and the most wasted resource on earth. It is surprising to know that every day, 2 million tons of sewage and industrial and agricultural waste are discharged into the world’s water, the equivalent of the weight of the entire human population of 6.8 billion people.
The UN estimates that the amount of wastewater produced annually is about 1,500 km3, six times more water than exists in all the rivers of the world. One of the most significant form of Wasting Water is Water Pollution and in that “Lack of adequate sanitation contaminates water courses worldwide, and 2.5 billion people live without improved sanitation. In developing countries, 70 percent of industrial wastes are dumped untreated into waters, polluting the usable water supply. Water wastage in the form of Water Pollution has a very greater and wider impact on human being. Worldwide, infectious diseases such as waterborne diseases are the number one killer of children under five years old and more people die from unsafe water annually than from all forms of violence, including war. Unsafe or inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene cause approximately 3.1 percent of all deaths worldwide, and 3.7 percent of DALYs (disability adjusted life years) worldwide. Further due to too much water pollution many new diseases are also given birth daily. As the result of too much water mismanagement many parts of the world are suffering from Water scarcity, and it is estimated that if the current water mismanagement is not stopped then the day is not so far that even for a single drop of water two person will kill each other. So, there is alarming need of Water Sustainable Management which means fulfilling the need of present but not disturbing the need for future. Now the Question arises how to do water management and who can play a major role in this big program. Water Management should be done by all of us, and even one play a the role of saving water by repairing his/her water leaking tap then also he/she played a very big role in saving water as leaking tap if not repaired can cost about 315 litres a year, one or two baths full, depending on how big your bath and your drip is! a very big number, So one can see only small steps can save a quality amount of water without too much effort and collectively these small steps can save thousand litres of water as we know “Single drops of water collectively make a big ocean” .
On the other the major role in water management should be played by “Youth” . They can bring enthusiasm and vitality which can lead to new discoveries and developments that can benefit society or even the world at large. Although not the only drivers of social change, young people are seen to be one the key drivers engendering change. Whether this is inherent in the beliefs of young people or the hope for the future is placed upon them by older generations is not clear. Youth is the spring of Life. It is the age of discovery and dreams. Young participation is important because youth are the country’s power. Youth are the main stakeholders, policy makers and the major resource group playing an important role in taking up responsibilities, revolutionizing the sustainable water management by convincing other stakeholders and acting as a catalyst for bringing about change. These future leaders have immense potential to mobilize the masses, the adaptable and a link between the two generations. For any initiatives in sustainable water management to be successful it must be aligned with interests of today’s youth and should have their active participation. The min and the big step towards water management is creating awareness among public, and for today’s young generation it will be quite easy to spread awareness as they are much more smarter than previous generation, Youth can create awareness through social sites that are used approximately by every second person of the world, their they can post their views importance of water and water mismanagement creating awareness and appealing for water management and giving some basic tips for water management, They can organize different programs at schools, colleges, society to make people understand the importance of water management, they can write letters to his/her county PM giving him his/her own ideas or any way for water management, this steps can be achieved mainly by Young Generation as they don’t have any type of pressure of life and can think in far better way as an adult can think, at this age they have a creative mind and have a great power of imagination through which they can make some type project regarding water management. Youths have a greater chance of thinking beyond and develop a new type of technology for saving water like one person developed the water sprinklers a very simple concept but can save a lot of water in farming. Youths have upper hand in the field of developing an idea to do some stuffs and then implementing it in the real world. As we know that water is non-renewable resource but with the help of water treatment plant we can make somewhat water a renewable resource. As in water treatment plant polluted water are taken as input and fresh water is given as output making it a very powerful technology to save water. At schools students can make different groups and go door to door to make people understand the problem of water scarcity and aware them regarding the rapid increase in the rate of depletion of ground water level especially in India because as we know, the groundwater level has gone down drastically over years and still is going down at a quality rate, which if not stopped then one even can’t think about existence of life on earth as the earth will become too much hot not allowing a single species of living being to exist. Just like a table can’t maintain its balance if even one of his leg refuse to support, society also can’t stand up and fight the problem of water scarcity without the help young generation.
Our generation should participate in a great number in order to fix the problem of water mismanagement, and if they participate then it will be very helpful to heal the problem and a day could come when their will not be a single living being on this planet who will suffer from water scarcity or water borne diseases. So, one can conclude that Role of Youth is very important in any type management or program and so Water Management also. So, for the sake of humanity we should take the vow to “Save Water Every Day!”.
