Water Hyderabad

April 17, 2009

Water Hyderbad

Filed under: Environment, Water, Water Hyderabad — techmaddy @ 6:03 am

Have you heard of the story or rather experiment of Boiling Frog?

A story going around is called the Boiling Frog. A biology experiment demonstrates the principle quite clearly. The idea is to drop a frog into boiling water. Sensing the burning heat, the frog immediately jumps out of the pot. The second part of the experiment is to put the same frog into a pot of cold water which has a slow flame burning underneath. Initially, the frog likes the warmth, and soon it gets comfy and sleepy. Eventually, the frog gets cooked, only realizing too late that it is in danger. The frog is cooked alive.

Moral:

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Is the above image true? Close your eyes and think again. If you feel it is not true, you are already contributing a lot to Water Hyderabad.

What is Water Hyderabad?

And the Albatross begins to be avenged.

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

Water constitutes about three fourths of the earth’s surface, but only less than one percent of it can be used by its inhabitants. Most of it is salt water oceans (about 97%) and 2% of it is contained in glaciers. With every country seeking to satisfy its ever increasing water needs from shrinking and limited water resources, there could be a future of conflict.

A group of highly motivated young people working on preserving water, requesting the Government to implement their existing water conservation policies strictly and make people aware of this:

2004 Poster Contest Grand Prize Winner

What will be the worst part, if you ignore?

If you still continue to:

Do you know your water wastage metrics?

Recent ( in a year or two) worst part may be:

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In a decade it may be:

2009 Poster Contest Grand Prize Winner Sam Connan, Santa Fe School for the Arts & Sciences, 5th Grade

Inconvenient Truth:

The Water is already warm

Global water use has been growing at more than twice the rate of population growth in the last century.
Water scarcity already affects every continent and more than 40 percent of the people on our planet.
Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world’s population, live in areas of physical water scarcity, and 500 million people are approaching this situation.
1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to adequate clean water and 2.6 billion do not have proper sanitation.

The best that you can do:

The need of the hour is rain water harvesting and judicious use of water for domestic use. Let the governments and international bodies seek solutions at a more global platform. As for us, just let us, be a bit more sensitive and sensible.

Think before flushing