SAVE WATER School Outreach Programme Auroville Water Harvest

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SAVE WATER

• School Outreach Programme
• Auroville Water Harvest
• 2005

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WATER IS LIFE
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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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THE WATER CYCLE

• Water evaporates from oceans, rivers and lakes
  (water in its liquid form) and rises into the
  atmosphere (water in its gas form) where it
  condenses to form clouds. Precipitation then
  falls to the earth in the form of rain (water in
  its liquid) or snow (water in its solid form)
  where it flows into oceans, rivers and lakes and
  the process begins again

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Moisture over land
Precipitation
Moisture over land
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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

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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

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• INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION
• Chemicals
• Untreated water
• Ground water contamination

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Water and health

• The body is comprised of 75of water.
• We cannot live without water for more than 24
  hours.
• 1.8 million people die from diarrhoeal death
  where 90 are children.
• 88 is attributed to unsafe water supply,
  inadequate sanitation and hygiene.

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How water is linked to health

• Drinking dirty water leads to ill health.
• Unclean water sources like latrines near hand
  pumps or taps can contaminate the water from the
  ground.
• Not washing hands before eating.

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• Leaving drinking water containers uncovered.
• Household wastes near homes leading to breeding
  ground for flies.
• No proper drainage near homes stagnant water
  where mosquitoes breed.

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How to avoid health problems

• Protect all drinking water sources
• Drink water from only protected water sources
• Wash hands after going to the toilet
• Use toilets dont openly defecate
• Wash hands before eating
• Wash vegetables well before cooking
• Cover all food

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Personal hygiene

• Have bath daily
• Comb hair daily
• Brush teeth daily twice
• Cut your nails
• Wash hands with soap after going to toilet
• Wash hands before eating
• Wear clean clothes

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Sanitation

• Dont defecate in the open
• Always wash yourself
• Use toilets where they are
• Dont defecate near water sources
• Dispose of your waste in a responsible manner
• Reuse your bathing water

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Environment

• Dont throw your household waste near drinking
  water sources
• Clean your house and surroundings daily
• Dont throw paper, plastic, households wastes
  into open drains that run through the street
• Throw litter into a bin and dispose of it
  properly
• Dont cut down trees but grow more plants
• See that the drains are not blocked

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• Do you know ..

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• 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.

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• Why do you think so ..
• Because there is not enough water left for
  everyone..
• So we must try to conserve water and harvest rain
  whenever we can

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Using water wisely

• Lifestyle choices, population growth and climate
  change are placing increasing demands on our
  water supplies. It's important that we do not
  take this precious resource for granted and that
  we all use water wisely to ensure that there is
  enough for everyone in years to come.

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• Saving water starts with you

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• Check your water meter and track your bills
• 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.

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• Time your shower to keep it under 5 minutes.
  You'll save up to 4000 ltrs a month.
• When you give your pet fresh water, don't throw
  the old water down the drain. Use it to water
  your trees or shrubs.
• When you are washing your hands, don't let the
  water run while you lather.

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• Turn off the water while you soap and shampoo
  yourself. You can save more than 200 ltrs a week.
  
• Check all taps and pipes for leakages. A dripping
  tap can waste 140 liters a week.
• Turn off the water while you brush your teeth and
  wash your face. Keep water in a mug. You waste 6
  liters a minutes with running water.

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• Do one thing every day that will save water.
• REMEMBER every drop counts

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Do you know how much water it takes to
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• Why do we need to harvest rainwater?

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• The ultimate source of water that we utilise in
  our daily life is from the monsoons. The rain
  used to fall on the ground and slowly seep inside
  till the underground storages were filled up. But
  today, there are more building and roads and less
  water is being able to seep inside.

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• At the same time, people are drawing out more and
  more water from the underground storages.
• The result being that there is less and less
  water for us to use.

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• Our duty is to see that we can get enough water
  to use and also have some left for the future.

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• You can do something to save the environment
• Save Water Reduce the demands on scarce and
  ground water sources.
• Stored water can be used in non monsoon months.

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• Reduces erosion and storm water run-off
• Saves natural resource presently wasted
• Prevents ground water depletion

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• Supports water conservation self-dependence
• Stores water that would otherwise lead to
  flooding.

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• How do we harvest rain?
• Simple .

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Catch it in anything that holds waters. Once you
have a container, simply put a tank/drum beneath
where the rainwater runs off your roof and you
have started harvesting.
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Precipitation
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Methods of saving water
Rain water harvesting in Chennai and Bangalore
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Environmental cleanliness

• We depend on nature for life.
• We need to protect nature or else we get fucked
  up
• Nature fucked up we pretty big fuck up

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Solid waste management

• Separate solid wet and solid dry (organic and ..
  Wastes) into different containers
• Dig a pit and put organic wastes in to it with a
  layer of soil can be used for compost
• Dont burn plastic or bury it
• Recycle paper, plastic, metal, glass

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What schools can do

• Form committees for drinking water and sanitation
• These committees will be in charge of the school
  and see that the drinking water areas and toilets
  are maintained well.
• Ensure that the school practices water
  conservation and water harvesting
• Have exhibitions in their own schools for the
  neighbourhood

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• MAKING PONDICHERRY WATER FRIENDLY