Twitterati unite in their plea to conserve water

Bengaluru, Beijing, Mexico City are some of the metropolitan cities in the world that are on the brink of an imminent water crisis and on the path to Day Zero – when the taps will run dry. The findings were the result of a four-year effort to help 13 African countries use isotopic techniques to assess groundwater origin and quality in five shared aquifers and basins. The center recently raised funds through the help of the Salesian Missions office in Madrid, Spain and other donors to develop a hydraulic system and water tower to collect and distribute water from the existing well for the more than 900 people who pass through the center daily.

Speaking on this year’s WWD theme, “Nature for Water” the Minister urged all to prevent further damage to sensitive ecosystems and the aquatic environment and provide an opportunity for water managers, practitioners, users and decision-makers to explore nature-based solutions to the water challenges facing the 21st century. “In future, one in six large cities is likely to be at the risk of water deficit”, Mcdonald pointed out.

Calling for private and government organisations to restore water, the United Nations said, “High rates of soil erosion are limiting the water cycle around the world, creating “higher evaporation rates, lower soil water storage and increased erosion”.

While the number of water bodies in Bengaluru has reduced by 79 percent due to unplanned urbanization and encroachment, the built-up area has gone up from 8 percent in 1973 to 77 percent, it stated.

World Water Day was observed on Thursday at Government Degree College (Boys) Anantnag. When the water stops flowing, the things that we’re used to doing in everyday life is limited and hard. “Thus safe drinking water is an absolute necessity and not a luxury”, says Shashank Sinha, AVP Marketing at Eureka Forbes Limited. Morning washes are impractical, you ration the water you need to brush your teeth, and you feel an acute sense of panic as jerry cans full of drinking water gradually become lighter. Water is the elixir that sustains life all over the planet. So, we need to work on this problem soon to remove scarcity of water.

Each year there will be some special and different theme for every world water day. the theme for the year 2015 was, “water and sustainable development”, The theme for the year 2016 was “better water, better jobs”, the theme for the year 2017 was “why waste water”.

He called upon the all participants to bring about positive behavioural changes regarding the sustainable use of water.

Depleting ground water is a major cause of water shortage.