My dear children,
           Hope this New Year was a wonderful start for you all. Last month, we discussed about the need to preserve water, this month let us learn the ways to save water. Conserving water starts from each one of us. It is our duty to be mindful that small things when done with awareness give greater profit. On conserving water you do not need to go to places in search of it. It can be executed from one’s home itself.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed
- Mahatma Gandhi

 Following are the tips to conserve water:

• First and foremost step is regularly to check your faucets and pipes for leak.  Turn off your faucets tightly after every use. Each single drop of wastage loses many gallons of water every day. So children if you find any leakage anywhere either you fix it or immediately inform your parents or call for help.
• Take short showers for your bath, it can save several gallons of water.
• Limit the usage of water while brushing your teeth or washing your hands.
• Wash the fruits and vegetables in a vessel instead of running water.
• Bathe your pets in a lawn that needs water.
• Never waste water for play.
• Used water at home can be required for watering the plants and trees.
• When cleaning your fish tanks don’t throw the water instead use it as a nutrient food for your plants.
• Rain water harvesting is the best way to preserve large amounts of water which can come handy at times of need.
• Create awareness to your friends and neighbors about the essential need to conserve water. It can drastically save the future generation.
• Form a small club with likeminded people interested to work on the mission to save water.

       Dear children, these are simple steps that can be followed with awareness which helps to derive maximum benefit. You can live without food for several days but not without water for a single day. When every house start taking steps to conserve water in their daily chore, several gallons of water are saved per minute, even if it is summer you don’t need to run in search of water since you know the way to conserve it for later use.

Chitra Balan
Entrepreneur, Thoothukudi

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