World Water Day is being celebrated today to focus on the importance of well planned, sustainable management of fresh water resources. Everyone knows that every drop of water counts, but everyone takes it for granted and knowingly or unknowingly wastes water in our day-to-day activities. It is observed that in Indian cities, water scarcity is caused by poor management practices. Lot of water is lost in the water distribution network due to poor quality pipings, theft of water encouraged by corrupt municipal officials, etc.
On an average, about 40 liters of water is required by a person for drinking and sanitation and more than a billion people still lack access to fresh water supply around the world.
We must ensure that the water bodies are not polluted by untreated waste water discharges by the industries. Rainwater harvesting, recycling and use of sewage water for gardening and other non-drinking purposes, desalination of sea water and most importantly the prevention of flow of surface water into the sea are some of the “should be done” to conserve and augment the water supply to meet the impending water crisis world-wide.
Connecting the rivers - northern Indian rivers like Ganges with the water-starved southern rivers would have solved the water scarcity in southern part of India during summer months. In addition, this would have given a boost to the agriculture in some of the states to considerable extent.
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